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They kinda are
Only in the sense that most apps are just a slightly modified web site where they're able to track way more of how you're interacting with it and also scrape all the data on your phone...
No, I was talking in the sense that most websites are just JavaScript apps, rather than served HTML as Tim intended.
Sir Tim to us plebes.
You mean the idiot who advocated for DRM on the web? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypted_Media_Extensions
Yes, that is Sir Tim.
Not without a honorable behavior.
"Sir" only means he was knighted. That's all.
👍 thanks for the clarification