Apps that offer to "do it all" will subject users to even more exploitation and surveillance, while large tech companies profit.

Apps that offer to “do it all” will subject users to even more exploitation and surveillance, while large tech companies profit.

  • chris@l.roofo.ccEnglish
    53·
    1 year ago

    Maybe the “do one thing and do it well” paradigm was not a bad idea after all.

    • fuzzzerd@programming.dev
      4·
      1 year ago

      I think the issue is that on mobile especially, switching contexts between apps is incredibly difficult compared to desktop and as such it’s easier for one app maker to include everything so it can contest switch more easily. The “share” mechanisms on Android and iOS are great for the common use cases but harder for more nuanced things.

      That and keeping you within their ecosystem drives engagement which increases profit.

    • yum13241@lemm.ee
      2·
      1 year ago

      Depends. Web browser? Absolutely not. Small directory listing utility (ls)? Of course.