I actively avoid buying products that require an app. All to often the app is abandoned and then my product that works just fine otherwise it’s crippled.
Smart home products are some of the worst.
Am I the only person who hates posts that begin with “Am I the only person who…”?
I used to roll my eyes at that, too. Nowadays I interpret it as “does this apply to you, too? Feel free to chime in.”
Mobile apps are an abomination
I remember the 90’s. I remember the entire Internet being a hair’s breadth from being owned by Microsoft. I remember how fucking much work it was to create OPEN STANDARDS so that any website can be viewed with any browser.
There was never a good reason for native apps. Even less so once HTML5 got styles and vid support.
Fuck apps
I’m roughly in the same situation. My issues with phone programs are, roughly in order of what pisses me the most:
- “This could be a web page, but gotta make it an «app» to milk user data” bullshit.
- It’s probably paid, and expensive. Else, it’s infested with ads. Else, it’s crap.
- [Subjective] I hate repeatedly touching a tiny screen. I’d rather use a real keyboard. Like I’m doing now.
Couple that with phones in general being designed so you don’t have full ownership of them, and frankly? I barely use my phone in relation to my desktop. Except as, you know, a phone.
