Why in the world does every store, every service, every organization need an "app"?
What is wrong with having a decent, functioning website?
I do not want to read, buy, organize and research things in an "app". I want websites. I mean, why do we have those big screens, right?
I hate, hate, HATE apps. I hate having to use my phone.
Why is everyone trying to make me use a tiny screen, a crappy "keyboard" with minuscule keys, and insists that is progress?
@Firlefanz Yes! why... so they can control your data? So app designers can get work? So CEOs can say they did something for the company?
I think originally the rationale for phone apps may have been that websites didn't display well on a small screen. Now most websites are optimised for phone and look terrible on a big screen. And still we get the apps.
In the era of monopoly capital, what the customer wants is increasingly irrelevant. Frequently we have no choice but to consume what they ladle up to us. Or go and live under a rock. Which is increasingly attractive.
See also: enshittification, bullshit jobs theories
Hannah Steenbock
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