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> so their customers can obtain data about your usage I can't prove it, but I suspect selling data is a very minor consideration in the appification of everyth
by tgsovlerkhgsel 2y ago
> so their customers can obtain data about your usage
I can't prove it, but I suspect selling data is a very minor consideration in the appification of everything.
Aside from there actually being people who like that kind of thing (and them apparently being more common than people who like physical forms of self-flagellation), the main benefit of appifying everything is the opportunity to sell you "value-add services", aka sell you a subscription for the hardware you already bought.
- myself248 2y agoI've been in the room when the decision was made to app-ify things. The revenue stream is 100% of the point.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 2y agoThe data revenue stream or the subscription revenue stream? How much revenue can you get from knowing when someone was doing their laundry?
- myself248 2y agoBoth, plus the captive advertising revenue stream. If you can push ads during the laundry app, or do tie-ins where a given detergent enables some bullshit feature...
- myself248 1y agoReplying to myself here. I just found myself shopping for a washer and dryer, and indeed, ran across one that takes manufacturer-branded detergent cartridges and offers to order more, right in the app, when they run low. It can use third-party detergent by manually adding it at the start of the cycle, but adding some _during_ the cycle (which ultimately uses less) is only supported if using their cartridge. I wish I was making this up.