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We’ve had smartphones for a decade and I don’t think I have 100 apps on my phone even if you included the ones that came with my phone. And daily I maybe use 4

• reaperducer 1mo ago
  When I moved to a new apartment in 2021, I did a tally and there was something like 17 new apps associated with it. Off the top of my head: - Rent payment/contracts app - Rent deposit app (for some reason a different app) - Maintenance app - Community notices/amenities app - Dry cleaning app - Package app - Pet concierge app (reserve the dog park, etc.) - Apartment building parking/valet app - App for the company that owns the building so you can use amenities at any of the other company buildings in town - Another company app so you can reserve a guest suite at another company-owned building in another city - App to unlock your apartment door if you lose your fob - App for the restaurant in the lobby - Internet company app (Man, that place had great internet. I miss that the most.) - Satellite TV company app - City parking app There were other apps, but I don't care enough now to go looking for the list I made back when I cared about it. From a technical standpoint, almost all of those apps could be consolidated into one app, but that's not how the real world works. These days companies outsource each little function to a different provider, and each of those providers has its own app.