"In Imagine a world without apps Shira Ovide asks “a wild question: What if we played games, shopped, watched Netflix and read news on our smartphones — without

"In Imagine a world without apps Shira Ovide asks “a wild question: What if we played games, shopped, watched Netflix and read news on our smartphones — without using apps? Our smartphones, like our computers, would instead mostly be gateways to go online through a web browser.” This question can be extrapolated into a larger question: “What do we want from our technology?"" To quote Bret Victor, "Toolkits, not Apps" : https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/881021457593057280 https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/881021457593057280 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrlSqtpOkw&t=4m19s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrlSqtpOkw&t=4m19s Jumping straight into talk about providers, personal data, security, etc. assumes cultural scaffolds of 'personal' around the device. That's fine, but the assumption needs to be made aware.