JLCONE?

[phil from seattle]

Anyone using JLCONE?  It's new on JLCPCB.  It's a desktop/mobile app.  Beyond that, it's not clear to me the benefits. They raised their price for small order PCBs and then give a discount if you order through JLCONE.

[Obin]

As with a lot of these apps, its just a version of their website. I guess you get the discount because they get some more info from you through the app

[sleemanj]

Maybe I'm old, but I can not think of a single reason I would want to order pcbs from a smartphone, or tablet.  That is desktop work, the same as the design is.

[ruqi]

Yes, it has a discount, but that's not enough for me to use it

[Whales]

Ah, they must be getting into rocketry.

[exe]

The only reason for existence of such app is imo stealing more of personal data. Ah, and to push more adds. In browser you can add an adblock, but if it's packed in an "app"...


Would I run it? Only from an isolated container.

[asmi]

The only reason for existence of such app is imo stealing more of personal data. Ah, and to push more adds. In browser you can add an adblock, but if it's packed in an "app"...


Would I run it? Only from an isolated container.

Android apps already run in isolated containers, and it asks you for any permissions it wants which you can refuse.

[Whales]

The only reason for existence of such app is imo stealing more of personal data. Ah, and to push more adds. In browser you can add an adblock, but if it's packed in an "app"...


Would I run it? Only from an isolated container.

Android apps already run in isolated containers, and it asks you for any permissions it wants which you can refuse.

Mobile permissions systems are a patchjob.  They prevent some stuff, not all, it's still possible to collect info on people's habits.  Networking behaviours, testing and gauging whether or not users react to notifications at certain times of day or not, asking other apps and services for tracking IDs to correlate with.  Not to mention many apps also refuse to work until you grant permissions, forcing the user to concede anyway (for the 99% of users who don't have a way of faking data/permissions for an app).

Exe is almost completely right, the main motivation for an app over a website is to collect more personal data on users.  The other motivations are being able to send notifications to user (ie spam them more effectively than emails) and to satisfy cultural requirement in a business (CEO:"what do you mean we don't have an app?  How do our customers even function?!?!" or "look at our app user growth statistics!  Growth!").

[Someone]

Exe is almost completely right, the main motivation for an app over a website is to collect more personal data on users.

Also loading an app through one of the platform "stores" hands over more demographic/business data about their customers than credit card companies offer. A sneaky way for that part of the system to honestly say "but we don't pass on any individual information" just this oddly granular anonymised data.

[Davy_Huizhen]

The discount is the hook. Once you're used to it, switching costs more than money. Fair play — but 'easy ordering' and 'actually getting it right' are two different things. Beyond basic prototypes, you want someone catching DFM issues and verifying the build before it ships back to you.