Spotify arbitrarily gatekeeps even basic function like accessing your Liked songs on the PWA

How about an 81-year-old Dodgers fan who has held season tickets for 50 years, and doesn't even own a smartphone, who can no longer order the traditional book of season tickets: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/dodgers-fan-printed...

Linkedin is the worst offender of them all. My feeds don't get updated for days when I use the web mobile version and I start seeing new posts only when I switch to desktop mode (switching to mobile shows the same old feed). They also don't even let you reply to comment replies or see reactions. They even scroll you all the way to the top if you dismiss their annoying "linkedin is better on app" pop-up just to punish you for not using their app. I'll never install apps of these companies that are actively hostile towards those that don't want to be constantly spied on by them.

> SeatGeek won't let you attend events without their app (no mailed tickets, will call, print at home, or mobile web)

Wow. I guess it's been a few years since I've used SeatGeek but this is news to me. Stuff like this and MSG's facial scanning regime (I'm sure the venues are all doing it to differing extents) make me not even want to bother with big concerts. Club shows are almost always a better time, anyways.

A counter example, Bank of America app don’t have functionality to do ACH transfer natively, you can only do it on the web app.

But this may be on purpose by Bank of America.

Instagram has had both significant mobile only features, and desktop only features.

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