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> D) episodic utilities (e.g. Airbnb, TripAdvisor) I sort of struggle to think of the utility of these being installed apps. I feel like just doing a better jo
by naravara 3y ago
> D) episodic utilities (e.g. Airbnb, TripAdvisor)
I sort of struggle to think of the utility of these being installed apps. I feel like just doing a better job of designing web pages to run on mobile would be fine for booking a hotel. Notifications and location tracking is all you’d be missing, but that’s not THAT big of a deal. Those are both doable with PWAs now, and even before they were you could have just done it through email or SMS if you really had to.
There’s a lot of stuff where I just don’t feel like it needs to be an app and would be better off just a service that runs through a well designed website.
- pixelmonkey 3y agoYea, I agree. Part of the reason I used "episodic" as a category was to uninstall 100% of my episodic apps and only reinstall when/if needed.
- medstrom 3y agoVenmo and Uber are also episodic. Personally I'd lump D and E into a big folder, no need to constantly be reinstalling the same thing.
- naravara 3y agoiOS at least offloads the seldom used apps, so it sort of automates the pruning. You’re basically left with a quick-link to redownload the thing.