2025-12-25 15:22:01

The appeal of mini apps is undeniable—lightweight, intuitive, seamlessly integrated. Yet here's the catch that deserves more attention: without enforced open standards, they risk becoming walled gardens. Users transition from owners to occupants. Your data, your interactions, your digital presence becomes locked within proprietary ecosystems where the platform, not you, holds all the keys. This isn't just a technical detail. It's the difference between Web3 interoperability and Web2 control patterns creeping back in through another door. The question isn't whether mini apps are useful—they absolutely are. It's whether the infrastructure supporting them remains open, composable, and user-centric. Standards matter. Decentralization matters. Without them, convenience becomes captivity.

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POAPlectionist

· 2025-12-28 05:11

It's that old familiar debate of "Convenience vs. Freedom"... mini apps are indeed great, but do you really believe the platform will proactively open up? Wake up. --- That walled garden approach, web2 has already played out long ago. Now they're just rebranding it with a new coat of paint? --- You're right, but who really cares... most people choose convenience anyway. --- As for standard openness... to put it nicely, it's an ideal; to be blunt, it's just a pipe dream. --- Still selling the dream of decentralization? Let's look at reality first. --- The key is that users need to be aware themselves; most don't even realize they're locked in. --- That's why I still stick with web3... it's better than being betrayed.

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GrayscaleArbitrageur

· 2025-12-28 05:00

ngl The mini program is easy to use, but without open standards, it's just a shell... and you'll be locked in again.

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LiquiditySurfer

· 2025-12-25 15:46

It's the same old walled garden approach... but this time, it really hits the mark. No matter how useful the mini-programs are, they won't help.

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SlowLearnerWang

· 2025-12-25 15:44

Another thing that looks good but has actually been locked for a long time... This time, it's called a mini app under a different guise?

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gas_fee_therapy

· 2025-12-25 15:43

Well said. Mini apps look impressive, but essentially they are just trapping your data, no different from Web2. By the way, when will the standards for true decentralization be implemented... We're again trapped in the ecosystem, who can withstand that? If open standards are not well established, sooner or later it will be dominated by big corporations. We are just data farm workers.

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ServantOfSatoshi

· 2025-12-25 15:42

It's the same old tune again, convenience becomes captivity... Well said but getting tired of hearing it --- Mini programs are indeed great, but I really don't want to be locked inside another garden --- What sounds good is an ecosystem, what sounds bad is just being cut for chives somewhere else --- Open standards will never be shouted out loud, who among interested parties is willing --- Web3 savior? Wake up, Mini app has long been a platform tool --- Are standards important? Just look at how many people really care about this now --- Data ownership sounds wonderful, but in reality, users can't really change much --- Another thing secretly tampered with by centralization, just like that

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SandwichTrader

· 2025-12-25 15:40

It's that same convenient trap again, really annoying... Looks comfortable to use, but the data is no longer yours.

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fren.eth

· 2025-12-25 15:30

It's the same old trick of "convenience vs. freedom." Mini apps are indeed great, but without open standards... we're just going to get locked in again. --- To put it simply, if platforms don't open up, users become the leeks in data farms. --- That's why Web3 still needs to be promoted; otherwise, Web2 with a different disguise will come back to suck blood. --- convenience becomes captivity... This sentence is a bit cold. --- Not much to say. Who is truly building open standard infrastructure? That’s the real track.

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