Ask HN: Are we building too many apps?
- I have over 300 passwords on LastPass.
- I have over 20 profiles to maintain.
- I have over 20 inboxes to empty.
- I use over 10 different messaging services on a weekly basis.
- Every company/service/product/brand is now getting its own app.
- Every app is missing features (offline, caching, multi-factor authentication, biometric authentication, OAuth, dark theme, form auto-fill, universal undo, real-time update, responsive design, voice input, assistant integration, multi-window, pull to refresh, deep linking, picture-in-picture, accessibility, casting, analytics, instant apps, customization, localization, permissions, security updates, mouse input, gamepad navigation, push notification, multi-platform, text search, etc).
Things are only getting worse. Are we building too many apps? Are we approaching local maxima?