It's Mostly Just Text and Media
++ Most apps are just that. Text and media in a never-ending, + all-consuming feed or a multi-page form, cleverly disguised by the + user interface. +
++ Excluding heavy 3D gaming or utilities that genuinely require deep + integration with your phone's hardware (like accessing the LiDAR + scanner for AR), what are we actually left with? A thin client whose + main job is to fetch data from an API and render it onto native views. +
++ Why do I need to download a 100+ MB app, give it permission to track + my location, and let it run background processes just to browse + through a restaurant menu, buy a ticket, or scroll through a list of + posts? At the end of the day, it is almost always just JSON being + parsed and rendered. Yet, companies insist on rebuilding their basic + content as native shells just to claim a permanent square of real + estate on my home screen. +
+The Enshittification Loop
++ When that full-screen modal pops up demanding you download the app to + read the rest of a thread, users choose the path of least resistance. + They download and they move on. +
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