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Am I the only person who hates posts that begin with "Am I the only person who..."?
Am I the only person who knows that the phone is also a computer?
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."
That's helpful. I can do a mental search and replace and perhaps not be so tempted to make a sarcastic reply.
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.
A friend of mine got a cat feeder that requires WiFi access to change schedules on a phone app… I’ll let your mind wander about all the ways that’s awful 😅
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:
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.