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Ask HN: App overload?
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6 points
by sgoraya
5199 days ago
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A friend and I recently had an interesting conversation about ‘Apps’, specifically apps for phones and how the both of us are suffering from ‘app overload’. At what point are there too many apps? I am a droid user and my friend uses the iphone 4s. I’ve got about 120 apps installed and use 7-10 on a regular basis, not including ‘base’ apps like email and gMaps. I’ve paid for a handful and the remainder are free (amazon free app of the day, etc.). My buddy has more than me, close to 200, many of which he paid for (which is interesting because I have noticed both anecdotally and read in articles that iphone users tend to spend more on apps vs. droid users). We both organize our apps into somewhat logical folders but once you’re in the folder we are bombarded with rows upon rows of apps – many of which you forget what they actually do. A lot of the apps have been installed, used maybe a couple of times and not used again. Will we reach a saturation point for apps? How many are too much? [I know this is highly subjective but thought it was an interesting conversation and wondered what others thought about it and whether, they too, experienced app overload.] |
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Pretty much I have a few apps in major categories. One of the easier ways not to go into app overload I think is to only download free apps. There's no card linked to my account (only some giftcard credit), so that removes the temptation to download this $0.99 app on an impulse. I have no problem buying an app when the right app comes along, but I don't mind the ads.