>Yeah the app was for a Pizza Week event in their town

Really begs the question of why this ever had to be an app in the first place. Even if we already have app platforms for events to use.

This could have been a single pdf download from the towns event page on a website.

I won't even install an app for a well known company, let alone some single event. The world has gone insane.

It didn’t have to be an app, but Apple and Google heavily push apps as “the way” to do things on their platforms. They purposefully nerf their browsers and make in-browser applications harder to use.

It’s obvious why, they get much more control over apps and they like that. They also get to siphon off more money this way through in-app purchases and subscriptions.

Many, maybe even most, apps don’t require very many native features. Even something like notifications can be done in a browser and they are on desktop. But they’re still turned into apps, because apps are easier to use. You get a nice icon you can click.

You also get this strange phenomenon where a lot of apps are literally just web views + maybe a couple native APIs for things like notifications. It’s a complete waste of time.

One solution would be a platform where users can share little apps with each other. One that provides a programming environment and useful APIs. But, this is strictly against App Store policy! Which is why it doesn’t exist. The closest thing is the browser, which is nerfed.