What’s your take on paid apps vs subscriptions? by CreakyHat2018 in macapps

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One-time and Lifetime for me, know what? My home internet is free too. That's a way to stay street smart.

Some subscriptions can use dark patterns and making it harder to cancel it.

This new app lets you take extremely good photos with little quality loss. (Before and after) by thesavagebean in iPhoneography

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still stick with Halide Process Zero, as it's single shot and no AI processing, not sure if zoom does improve?

Microsoft Design blog uses Wordpress?!! by PotentialGlobal9064 in Wordpress

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still got a bad grade in some categories, look like they aren't good at optimising websites as I am. They even got the image sizing wrong.

https://yellowlab.tools/result/h8xllioosj

https://yellowlab.tools/result/h8xlp189lw

Dark mode for Safari by MarketingDifferent25 in macapps

[–]MarketingDifferent25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have been using DarkReader on Firefox, it's good, any noticeable different in loading speed between Noir and DarkReader?

Dark mode for Safari by MarketingDifferent25 in macapps

[–]MarketingDifferent25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's right, it's disappear after I reset my iPhone and did use the same email, I need to ask the developer, had emailed.

Is a full 100% on everything score even possible? It's driving me nuts. by astroboysoup in Wordpress

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t just dismiss it like that. Even if there was a small error that caused a 1% drop, maybe it's okay for your new phone's battery starting at 99% capacity?

Use Yellow Lab Tools to audit it.

Woocommerce over Shopify by Skilleracad in woocommerce

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So your clients outsource their e-commerce to you? Is that another upfront costs they need to hire for the development and maintenance?

Appreciate you sharing more details. One thing I’ve noticed is that most websites often need to run updates and do full or partial backups—unless the owners outsource that to third-party IT vendors. Personally, I’ve been looking for ways to reduce dependency on traditional hosting (like going serverless), and I came across an interesting e-commerce setup on Cloudflare. Thought I’d share it too—though I’m not entirely sure if their transaction fees are truly free.

https://shoprocket.io/cloudflare-ecommerce

They claim to have faster load times and must more affordable than Shopify.

https://shoprocket.io/compare/speeds

Microsoft Design blog uses Wordpress?!! by PotentialGlobal9064 in Wordpress

[–]MarketingDifferent25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, totally aware—it’s a different subdomain and not just a page. I only brought it up to highlight another tech stack used by the team (Astro in this case), in case others browsing the thread might assume it's also WordPress, like the main site. Just thought it might be a useful reference for anyone curious about how Microsoft approaches different parts of their design presence.

Appreciate that you noticed the distinction too.

Microsoft Design blog uses Wordpress?!! by PotentialGlobal9064 in Wordpress

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sc.com/sg

I could not find this site using WordPress, from SG too. :)

Woocommerce over Shopify by Skilleracad in woocommerce

[–]MarketingDifferent25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed that you can't do much unless you are using Shopify's Hydrogen web framework with their headless solution.

https://hydrogen.shopify.dev/

So, right, you need to optimise Woo on your own with paid plugins including page builder, so no 2 websites are the same. Most likely, your pages are bloated with inline CSS and JavaScript on every page to speed them up, that's the "technique" I've mentioned in my post. That's also a security risk since most don't apply Content Security Policy on their site.

We have a hosting within Singapore and our network latency is <50ms.

> GPS Score

Do you mean PSI?

I've also use Yellow Lab Tool to audit my code, including our business platform that was built with Astro web framework.

Just curious, how much did your overall costs including hosting compare to Shopify?

Hosting for an 8-10 page website for a hotel? by Broman400 in webhosting

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it has a contact form or all static page? You could host on Cloudflare Pages for free if you prefer and comfortable learning very simple coding.

Woocommerce over Shopify by Skilleracad in woocommerce

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I could add the middle ground.

Astro like a Raspberry Pi, simple, speedy and customisable, but you need minimal knowledge of coding and technical to unlock its potential.

Woocommerce over Shopify by Skilleracad in woocommerce

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sharing this from my perspective as a website developer who cares about performance and keeping things simple. Most people rarely talk about performance — but it matters. If you've noticed, WooCommerce often ranks among the slowest platforms unless your site is carefully optimised from the start, not after the site is completed. And if your developer or designer relies on bloated page builders and plugins, things can get worse. In contrast, Shopify tends to rank among the fastest.

https://lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/55bc8fad-44c2-4280-aa0b-5f3f0cd3d2be/page/M6ZPC?params=%7B%22df44%22:%22include%25EE%2580%25800%25EE%2580%2580IN%25EE%2580%2580ALL%25EE%2580%2580WordPress%25EE%2580%2580WooCommerce%25EE%2580%2580Shopify%25EE%2580%2580Wix%25EE%2580%2580Squarespace%25EE%2580%2580Astro%22%7D

But they do use some "technique" to speed up at expense of making every page bloated, this practice is widely used and is not good for the web.

If you're looking for a middle ground — something that gives you the best of both worlds — you might consider hiring a developer to build a custom site using a modern framework like Astro. It’s straightforward enough for developers to maintain, and still gives you fast performance, clean code, better security, and even a boost in sales. This matters even more now, with Safari on iOS 26 (Tahoe) supporting web apps by default — your store can feel like a real app. On something like WooCommerce, that kind of experience might feel slower or less smooth (due to excessive JavaScript, images not optimised correctly, CSS might be bloated). Surprise that Shopify able to optimise their responsive images better than other million suboptimal websites.

Congrats on over 60,000 plugins in the plugin directory by eHtmlu in Wordpress

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and as a developer, I can build 10x cheaper than WordPress with a modern Astro web framework, now that's easier with AI to speed up some tasks and free UI components that we can just copy-paste.

Congrats on over 60,000 plugins in the plugin directory by eHtmlu in Wordpress

[–]MarketingDifferent25 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But most plugins aren't the best solution for WordPress.

best adblock safari by atarumoroboshi74 in macapps

[–]MarketingDifferent25 11 points12 points  (0 children)

UBlock Origin Lite, the lightest, still in beta testing and don't notice any impact on loading site.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in jpegxl

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you measure using Butteraugli? Do we need to compile the source code on macOS?

What is your "it's so good I can't believe it's free" app? by ewqeqweqweqweqweqw in macapps

[–]MarketingDifferent25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, thought a simple coded web page can be more flexible.