LastPass is discontinuing its native Mac app and replacing it with a more universal web app:
Password management app LastPass has announced it will be discontinuing its native macOS app on February 29th, directing users in an email to switch over to the new web-based version of the app that will replace it.
According to the email, LastPass is making the change to “provide the best experience for our customers,” citing changes made by Apple in Safari 12 in 2018, which were designed to push developers toward offering browser extensions through native Mac App Store apps instead of the soon to be deprecated Safari Extension Gallery. While other apps, like 1Password, updated to implement the new system with their native apps, LastPass has decided to just remove support for the old native app entirely.
To replace it, LastPass will be offering a new Mac app that will support the new extension system. However, instead of being a fully native piece of Apple software, it’ll be more of a web app that’s “built with technologies shared with our other LastPass apps,” which the company says will make it easier to maintain its apps across multiple platforms.
I'm sure that's more secure
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 03 2020, @08:48AM (8 children)
Because no one needs to input passwords when offline.
Fuck modern computing. I want my Amiga back.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 03 2020, @09:52AM (7 children)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_application [wikipedia.org]
The days of "native apps" for doing simple things is coming to an end. The web browser is the next evolution of the OS. Maybe Emacs was first attempt, but it was also too early ;)
(Score: 4, Funny) by coolgopher on Monday February 03 2020, @10:27AM (3 children)
Emacs might have started first, but it's still busy swapping...
Why yes, I'm a vi user - why do you ask? :D
(Score: 1) by shrewdsheep on Monday February 03 2020, @01:52PM
But..., web assembly was developed to be able to finally port the web browsers back to emacs, running within themselves (so everyone can rely on RMS for security updates).
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Monday February 03 2020, @08:00PM (1 child)
My browser swapped a lot on my old laptop, but emacs just worked.
(Score: 3, Informative) by coolgopher on Monday February 03 2020, @10:14PM
It seems to me that web browsers by design expand to fill available ram, swap and disk.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 03 2020, @01:31PM (2 children)
They are over for toy computing. Serious work still requires the right tools. But you can go watch netflix on your 6" screen and mono beeper.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 03 2020, @04:16PM (1 child)
So, 99+% of work is not serious?
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday February 04 2020, @04:11PM
I don't think the average of non-serious work is nearly that small.
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