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Google DRM when?
(lemmy.ca)
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What led to this?
Is there some benefit to the company?
Is there a shortage of web developers?
Is it just the latest trend for things to be an app?
Non-cynical answer: better integration with the service due to being a bespoke application. Maybe some perceived security.
Cynical answer: advertisement and spyware.
Also to trap people in their ecosystem/walled garden due to annoyance of having to transition out.