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minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoWhy do they call everything an “app”? The app is just the interface, the interface did nothing wrong, the entire platform is cooked.
minus-squareL3mmyW1nks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·39 minutes agoAlso, Windows coined programs as apps, so pretty much any application may now be called app.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-213 minutes agoIOs 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
Why do they call everything an “app”?
The app is just the interface, the interface did nothing wrong, the entire platform is cooked.
Tech illiteracy
Also, Windows coined programs as apps, so pretty much any application may now be called app.
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