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I must be getting old because even I'm starting to hate apps for literally everything. (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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My dad was trying to get a grooming appointment for his cat something that should take all of 5 minutes over the phone, checking a calendar and penciling it it, but no gotta do it through a web portal then an app, and make sure you put in your credit card number!

ofc my dad got more and more angry as even I was messing around with this crap going over fields over and over because I put in the wrong number, ugh. Bring back simple shit please.

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[-] stigsbandit34z@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Debatable. I’m starting to think that Silicon Valley nerds didn’t stop to think whether they should appify everything even though they could.

Some guy 10 years ago: “You know what this toaster could use? An app. Imagine how much time you’d save by not having to press a button on the physical toaster. You’d net 3 hours of P RO D U C T I V I T Y every year!”

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

They do it because the apps are a much easier way to track people's activity when using their product so it saves them money on R&D (plus they can sell the data to other companies to make even more money).