> Yet services do whatever they can to convince the user to install their apps.

You don't need the Ali Express app to track your orders, yet the author seems to think so. If you think this is a rigged game then just don't play it.

Use your phone for what you need and let it be the end of it. The author is complaining about things as if someone were putting a gun to their head and forcing them to use the Ali Express to track their orders.