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> making me download another of your apps Downloading another app is bad makes me realize mega-apps like Wechat existed for a reason.

• mrweasel 6y ago
  The idea of companies trying to push app on their customers is something I've been think a lot about recently, as the number of apps on my phone has grown to cover two screen, not including those hidden away in a junk folder. The IT landscape has turned out completely opposite to what I would like. I love have dedicated, native, applications on my computer, but things are slowly migrating to web application or Electron apps. On my phone I have a ton of apps, some of which I just use a few time a year and which could just as easily be a web application. Companies just love to get their little logo onto my home screen on my phone, so now everything needs to be an app apparently.
  • VLM 6y ago
    Compare the privacy loss of website access to app access. My credit union requires full location tracking for their app; its just another revenue stream. In terms of bubbles I think we're in a loss of privacy economic bubble. The first megacorp to track my every move and try to exploit it makes a lot of money. The 25th app on my phone tracking my every move? Does the 25th market participant seriously think they're gonna make money off my private data when 24 competitors have already squeezed all the blood from that stone?