Poll: How likely are you to install phone apps?

2 points·Bender··6 comments

Do you install apps on your phone, refuse to install, use phone for voice and texting, avoid tech when you can do business face to face or just don't use or own a phone? There's no wrong answer.

Just curious how generations are evolving.

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I use my computer to do everything whenever I can. If I only have a phone on me, I use the Lightning web browser, which has an option to use a Desktop user agent, allowing me to access the full web page. Using the full version of a web page on a phone is much faster, easier, and more convenient than downloading and installing a client, often requiring an account registration and granting privileged access to capabilities or data, all for what is almost always just a webview of the web page.

The devices have their limits. We have those devices to make our life convenient. If we don't use the apps, it does not make sense to buy expensive phones that support so many features.

I increasingly avoid installing apps when I have an alternative, but it wasn't always so. Somehow I've managed to be an iOS app developer since the first retina iPod touch.

I install whatever on a whim, whatever looks interesting or fun but I'll delete the second I found out it was not what I expected.

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> I avoid installing apps when I can use a workstation or laptop with a bog standard web site.

Or a mobile browser. Most mobile apps are mobile websites wrapped in a skinned browser with more tracking added anyway. Installing the app makes no sense.

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