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    1 day ago

    Why do they call everything an “app”?

    The app is just the interface, the interface did nothing wrong, the entire platform is cooked.

    • @hexabs
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      516 hours ago

      That’s a bit pedantic. App is used interchangeably to represent the whole platform.

      I work as a SWE in a team with 15 year veterans at an App company that is a top 10 most downloaded on Android/iOS. We still use the word app this way in tech meetings.

      • @L3mmyW1nks
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        81 day ago

        Also, Windows coined programs as apps, so pretty much any application may now be called app.

        • Tar_Alcaran
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          IOs application? -> App

          VLC mediaplayer? -> App

          Console videogame? -> App

          Website? -> App

          Calculator function on a smartwatch? -> App

          The fully hardware-based light sensor that closes the blinds? -> App

          My cat running to the bowl when I put new food in? -> Soon to be an App