The smartphone boom changed everything. Suddenly, apps were everywhere, connecting people, solving problems, and entertaining us. But for a while now,

Your App Should Have Been A Website (And Probably Your Game Too) - Rogue Engine

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2024-12-31 08:00:05

The smartphone boom changed everything. Suddenly, apps were everywhere, connecting people, solving problems, and entertaining us. But for a while now, they’ve started to feel more like a burden than a blessing. In today’s web-first world, most native apps feel redundant, cluttering our phones unnecessarily. With how far modern web technologies have come, it’s time to rethink if we really need them.

Remember when every company rushed to make an app? Airlines, restaurants, even your local coffee shop. Back then, it made some sense. Browsers weren’t as powerful, and apps had unique features like notifications and offline access. But fast-forward to today, and browsers can do all that. Yet businesses still push native apps as if it’s 2010, and we’re left downloading apps for things that should just work on the web.

My wife recently had a rant about the Italki website, which forced her to download their app just to accept class requests on mobile. Frustrated by the app clutter and the company’s behavior, she downloaded the app, accepted the request, then promptly deleted it. She’s so fed up with unnecessary apps that she keeps only five on her phone. It’s one thing to hear complaints like this from someone in tech, but coming from a regular user like my wife, it’s clear that the app overload problem has gone completely out of hand.

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