The staying power of apps makes them not responsive to individual user needs.

· Bits and Bobs 9/29/25
  • The staying power of apps makes them not responsive to individual user needs.
    • The decision a user has is only "use it as is or don't use it."
    • The decision is too coarse grained to steer it on smaller details.
    • The network effects dominate the individual use cases.
    • So everyone is stuck using the one-size-fits-none option.
    • Same thing for a two party system, except with two options.

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