I Won’t Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK
As someone who prefers using services via their websites, I’ve gotten terribly jaded lately. Almost everyone wants me, and by extension, you, to use their darn apps to consume content and off their web versions. Whether it’s the obvious social media apps or something as basic as parking, the app is the priority and the site the red-headed stepchild. And they aren’t too subtle in the push either. It might be a modal covering half the web version with links to the App Store, an immediate popup after a bit of scrolling, or a header screaming “the app is 10x better,” but it’s always there and it’s always grating. Let’s not even go into the cases where the app is the only option to access the service. A minor annoyance for ordering food, but a major hassle when it’s a public service or…
