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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Why do they call everything an "app"?

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

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] L3mmyW1nks@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

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

[–] Zink@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Potato skins loaded with cheese and bacon? -> App

[–] RabbitInTheWoodPile@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Trying to download .... stupid slow bandwidth! D'oh!

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You wouldn’t download a cat!

[–] RabbitInTheWoodPile@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't need to download a cat. They distribute themselves very well. It's a feature. Try walking around with psspsspss coming out of your mouth and fancy snacks in your pockets and see what happens.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cat downloads human in this case.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

There's an App for that!

[–] L3mmyW1nks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Your cat might see you as an app already!

[–] hexabs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks 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.