App first policy: A double edged sword
Written by Bikash Bora Most of us are familiar with the message popping up whenever we open a site or log in to a service, asking us to download their mobile app. And though it may not be much of a hindrance, in the long run it may lead to various unwanted developments. Since, the launch of the first internet-capable phones and even before that, there has been gradual transition from the computer as the primary method to access the internet to much more convenient, portable devices. You cannot carry the computer for every time you want to look up that word, or that image on your commute to work. The launch of touchscreen phones only accelerated this development, combining utility with convenience, the phone quickly became an irreplaceable part of our lives, and also our primary ticket to the internet. In 2015, Google announced that more people were searching from mobile devices than from desktop or laptop computers. In 2020, the number of unique mobile internet us...