27 points | by victorio 10 hours ago
3 comments
> Wouldn’t it be nice if major services supported fully-featured apps inside their client?
This is everywhere in China: WeChat, Alipay, etc. all have mini apps running inside them.
Honorable mention: webxdc, as implemented in DeltaChat for example.
https://webxdc.org/
It’s also a good way to increase the attack surface of a service. The more connecting points/components you have, the harder it is to secure, and the easier it is to hack.
> Wouldn’t it be nice if major services supported fully-featured apps inside their client?
This is everywhere in China: WeChat, Alipay, etc. all have mini apps running inside them.
Honorable mention: webxdc, as implemented in DeltaChat for example.
https://webxdc.org/
It’s also a good way to increase the attack surface of a service. The more connecting points/components you have, the harder it is to secure, and the easier it is to hack.