Ask HN: What web software do you pay for as a consumer?
1•calflegal•4mo ago
I think I've realized that most (all?) of the software I pay for offers a native iOS client. Sometimes, the stuff I pay for has no web client at all. What web-first software do you pay for?
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JohnFen•4mo ago
None. I dislike web-based software and try to avoid it, so it would take an unusual circumstance for me to be willing to pay for it.
anon1395•4mo ago
Not all web-based software is bad. Windows Explorer's left-side menu bar was made in HTML for a while, and that was alright.
JohnFen•4mo ago
Fair enough, but a menu bar like that is also simple.
Not all web-based software is bad, this is true. But it struggles to be good, according to my personal tastes. I typically find it annoying, so I prefer native applications.
Some web-based software is actually good, too. Although I don't personally care much for it, I think GMail objectively counts as a good software experience. Also, to be fair, there are native applications that are awful.
JohnFen•4mo ago
anon1395•4mo ago
JohnFen•4mo ago
Not all web-based software is bad, this is true. But it struggles to be good, according to my personal tastes. I typically find it annoying, so I prefer native applications.
Some web-based software is actually good, too. Although I don't personally care much for it, I think GMail objectively counts as a good software experience. Also, to be fair, there are native applications that are awful.