You're Not Expected to Use Everything: Complex Apps, Sparingly Used
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You're Not Expected to Use Everything: Complex Apps, Sparingly Used
A recurring theme on AppStories over the years is the tension between ‘do-everything’ apps and single-purpose utilities. Like a fashion trend, the app world swings between these two poles regularly. Recently, the pendulum has swung firmly in the ‘do everything’ direction for some categories of apps, and I think it’s worth trying to understand the shortcomings of the approach through the lens of three apps I’ve been using recently:
More importantly, though, I want to propose something that’s an anathema to app nerds: It’s okay to underutilize your apps. But first, the examples.