Users of all ages abandon transactions if it requires installing an app.
replyOn PC I'm definitely there with you, it's on phone where I have this issue
replythe mobile website is just the PC website with css responsiveness, you can just enable "show desktop version" on mobile if that helps reduce your paranoia
replyThe other common reason I use "show desktop version" is when the mobile "version" displays nothing but "use our app", while the desktop version actually provides the content.
replyI've had to use this a few times when on my phone to be able to actually access the webpage.
Many years ago, there was a trend to show a different website, sometimes on a different domain and often with more differences than just a mobile version of the stylesheet. Sometimes the mobile version was not updated enough, or there was a reduction in functionality, hence the paranoia.
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