> We considered taking a more editorial approach about the underlying economic, political and social issues such as digital colonialism, consumer protections, a

> We considered taking a more editorial approach about the underlying economic, political and social issues such as digital colonialism, consumer protections, antitrust laws, etc. However, for the purposes of this article, we’ll leave it at “that’s just the way it is” ... That's inadequate. I personally will not install "The App" unless (metaphorically) forced to a gunpoint. Most apps grotesquely awful, from a terrible login made bad by retaining "best practices" without thinking if they're worthwhile, to terrible ergonomics and human factors, aggravating mobile phone's physical limitations by doing really dumb stuff. It's pretty clear that "The App" almost universally exists to capture data from users that they wouldn't otherwise agree to give up, and possibly to keep ad revenue that those terrible terrible ad networks would otherwise get. So say this. Make it clear what forces drive the awful nature of "The App". You make us type in "high entropy" (easy to mis-type) passwords blind on tiny keys. You can explain in a blog entry what economic or managerial forces made you create another "The App".