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Is this possibly the first pushback against "app culture" ever?? Then it's a long time coming. "App" has been my most hated word in the English language for at

Is this possibly the first pushback against "app culture" ever?? Then it's a long time coming. "App" has been my most hated word in the English language for at least 5 or 6 years. Myself, I never fell into the trap of using them, living in a rural enough area that the lifestyle doesn't require it. And if a company or service does require it, i.e. doesn't offer a web-based equivalent, I move on. Would love to see some deep dive reporting on what happens to the data after it's collected and how much money I'm actually worth to companies if I succumbed.

LinuxBender 2y ago
You are not alone. I am also in a rural area and have never found a compelling need for an app. I use the phone for making calls and texting. If the phone required even one more millisecond of my time it would go in the hydraulic press. If anything I've gone the other direction. If I can't go into a building and talk face to face with real people then I am not interested in doing business. The exception at the moment is Amazon as local stores do not carry things I need but I have stocked up so I can nix that requirement soon. Even in that case I browse Amazon from a Linux desktop, not the phone. I have never browsed a site from my phone.