@stephenfry That is an excellent idea.
For my tuppence-worth, "Most debilitating update" would be a useful category as perhaps would "Most obscure/pointless menu tree" and my last offering is "Most involved verification process"
I hope this has wings, it would be a fantastic public service to bring some righteous opprobrium down upon some of the worst offenders.
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@stephenfry @stephenfry brilliant! πŸ‘ Also if one of these #crappies is the first app that people with low digital skills try, and they give up in frustration, then we've lost them and they're not likely to try to be online again.

I work in digital inclusion, trying to help solve digital exclusion which is very much related to social exclusion in our digital-first country. We have begun to look at how we can influence online services to look at inclusive design of their products.

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Special categories:

- Swappie #CrAPPies : for the app that forces users to switch back and forth between the mobile app and the company's mobile website the greatest number of times (bonus points if the user has to log in again each time)

- Trappie #CrAPPies : for the app with the greatest number of back to back popup ads

- DysTappie #CrAPPies : special award for every app that requires non-binary users to select either M/F gender to proceed

@stephenfry May I suggest that the #crappies have a "Thomas Crapper lifetime achievement award?"

@stephenfry Excellent idea. I would suggest a most annoying reminders/notifications category. *cough* Duolingo *cough*

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@stephenfry Surely #Shitter is a contender for this year's #Crappies ?
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Suspect that NowTV would win every category.
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