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Originally Posted by dpapathanasiou
If it's an issue of trust, building a desktop app doesn't solve the problem.
In fact, it makes it worse in some ways, b/c if you don't trust the web site in the first place, you're unlikely to install something from that site on your pc, for fear of viruses or malware, etc.
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It's not trust of your current condition that's at hand; it's the future.
If you vanish tomorrow, your software is no longer available. Why should people use, beta-test, and learn to rely on software that might vanish overnight?
If you strike a deal with a "partner," you might start collecting info & saving the history (including images) of every person who uses the site to make an ebook. Why should people give you access to their personal images?
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The point about uploading and downloading makes sense, but it is less valid now than 5-10 years ago, when broadband was less widely available.
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I'm on dialup. (For complicated reasons that have to do with distrust of most large ISPs.)
I have friends who are on dialup because they live in areas where the choice is dialup or incredibly expensive satellite feeds.
Always refreshing to see a company that's willing to say "people still on dialup are not our target customers."
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I'm not against the idea of building a web app per se, but I just haven't heard of a compelling reason to do it.
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Because then you wouldn't be liable for copyright infringement or obscenity charges based on the content of the images running through your servers? The fact that the user of the app would also be liable wouldn't protect your company.