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[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 121 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i have a deep and irrational hatred for the fact that some people call computer programs "apps" now of days

[-] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 66 points 2 years ago

"Some people"? The operating systems themselves call them apps now.

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago

And it's really not that unreasonable. What the user thinks of as an app could be more than 1 program. It makes sense to put an abstraction between users and programs because lots of sophisticated software use separate programs that the end user doesn't care about, just the whole.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

What I call an app is a little thing I eat before a big thing.

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