Often, the apps are there just to collect ad information for you in a way browsers don’t allow.

This is a very popular opinion

I hate propietary apps that are just services or stores and especially when they refuse to have a website and make you download their app.

I do not need 200 apps on my phone. Just one web browser app will do.

And not every program needs an installer.

Just because I downloaded a program to write ISOs to a USB drive, does not mean it needs to be installed on the system. Unless it's something like MS Office, why does it need to be installed? Just give me a zip file, I will extract it and delete it when I don't need it anymore.

My 401k company just created an app for onboarding new participants.

"If you'd like me to run company software, you'll have to provide a company device for me to run it on."

Never install work software on a personal device. Security, Privacy, Expectations (regarding personal resources).

Along with this, never use personal software/accounts/services with company devices. You can't be sure who's watching and can't be sure you'll have a chance to remove/collect your personal data before being locked out of said device.

I rather have an app and a way to control the chicken coop offline that depend on the internet connection to whether my chicken coop works or not. That is in my opinion a right place for an app instead of a website.

Most online services don't need an app though.

Totally agree. I’m hoping web apps make a comeback as well — a lot of apps in App Stores are just websites in an “app wrapper”. Start rejecting that shit and tell people to publish it as a web app.

What can your chicken coop do that needs programming ? Genuinely interested

Wait, explain this chicken coop

I hate how all smart devices need their own apps. Lights, vacuum cleaners, doorbells, fans, etc. super annoying to go through my phone and see so many random apps.

Programming your chicken coop?

They want your precious data

Nothing needs an app.

Yeah my work just switched payroll companies and they want us to download an app to do timesheets and stuff. No way in hell that's going on my phone. A least it works in desktop browsers too.

Not everything needs and app

But then they couldn't scrape maximum personal data, collect your contacts, have access to your mic and camera, and track your every physical movement. Your so selfish!

I agree. Same with every business doesn't need a freaking app. It's why I've avoided the app development sector of programming in my career. I don't want to crank out shitty apps for every local business for the rest of my life. talk about boring.

Yea idk why everyone wants Lemmy Apps, the browser ui is fine.

Its like when restaurants want to get people to order via a QR code on the physical menu and place your order on their website or app.

Like no. You are making this so much more awkward than it needs to be for the sake of novelty.

Restaurant near me tried to implement this during Covid. At the time I get it because people were trying to minimize risk and might have been worried about being around a waiter and getting infected etc.

But they still haven't stopped it though. The worse thing is that the signal there is terrible so it takes 5 minutes for the damn thing to load in the first place.

True. Not everything does.

Is this actually unpopular? Give me web interface that works OK on mobile and I'm usually a happy camper.

I once had to download an app to get my hair cut. Never walked out of a barber before so that was a first.

I don't know if you can communicate over Bluetooth via a webpage to program your chicken coop.