Is your goddamned web browser not already an everything app? I can do my online banking, book a flight, browse porn, read a book, and watch TV all in Chrome. What the fuck does an "everything app" mean if not that
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Yes this; there's a certain Kind Of Guy who grew up in the app economy and never really used the web prior to that, and I suspect they're the ones who think this way
If this is an ignorant question, someone please explain. I genuinely don't fucking get it, other than the obvious answer of "there is no benefit to the user, but it gets the developer increased access to device data and a way around adblock tech."
In China (the story goes) there are these mega-apps, WeChat and Alipay iirc, which are like Facebook but even more so, which are like Facebook and Uber and DoorDash and Venmo and everything else you could think of all rolled into one, and have made their founders filthy rich
That’s most of it really, the people pushing “everything apps” want totalitarian control of lots of people’s purchasing and eyeballs and all the money that comes with it
Also, call me crazy, but I generally prefer certain aspects of my life be segmented from each other. Widespread adoption of such an app would make that harder.
I’ve never thought “let’s shitpost while I access my bank.”
It's absolutely a walled garden strategy. An "Everything App" is actually a "Specific Finite Set Of Things App" where payments, shopping, ride-hailing, food ordering, and some social features are all integrated and tracked by the vendor (to the exclusion of other vendors).
I'm pretty sure they have a jealousy complex over the "everything apps" that exist in other regions. But they don't bother thinking about the social pressures and technical constraints that led to the success of those apps.
They tried for years to make an everything website but that never worked. Instead of learning the lesson they should have, they decided that the problem wasn't the 'everything'
See, the “problem” is that the web is one of the most decentralized structures we have (relatively)
An “everything app” is effectively that, but entirely under the control and moderation of the platform owner
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Chrome is the everything app, but instead of solving every problem, it injects tracking and ads into every solution.
But because it’s free, it drops the value of the everything app to zero unless you use it to sell ads.
I’ve never thought “let’s shitpost while I access my bank.”
Just replace "everything" with "monopoly"
And that's what they're after. And the already mentioned provisions.
Airbnb wants to expand until it can read email 😆
An “everything app” is effectively that, but entirely under the control and moderation of the platform owner