The reason I personally believe the answer should be yes is that there’s really no excuse to exclude citizens who don’t happen to run a compatible device, and this far outweighs the (very few) benefits. Yet these things are built again and again.
Stefan Tilkov @stilkov
24 Jan 2019
Unless there is a mobile web version first, government agencies should never be allowed to build an iOS, Android or other native app
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Have seen a couple of exceptional use-cases, but mostly, yes: gds.blog.gov.uk/2013/03/12/w…
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✔ This advice shouldn't be limited to the public sector. Time and again I see companies go app first not mobile first, and run into problems. Accessibility challenges and app store as a deployment constraint are the obvious examples
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Replying to @SteveSmith_Tech @SteveSmithCD @psd
Indeed. But it’s a private company’s right to waste its money on whatever they want

Jan 25, 2019 · 7:14 PM UTC
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