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nininininotoday at 4:13 PM2 repliesview on HN

That's a great attitude until slowly but surely 90% of apps used in day to day life won't function for you: banking, dating, social media, e-commerce, communication/messaging etc slowly freeze you out.


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bee_ridertoday at 4:46 PM

Are banks and e-commerce going to get rid of their websites? I imagine some will, but I can’t imagine using one that did.

Dating… well, the goal for most people is to exit the dating pool anyway.

Social media is bad.

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k4rlitoday at 5:08 PM

A hidden benefit is having to decide now whether you actually need these things.

Messaging apps will continue working.

Banking apps made by reasonable companies will also. In days of banking being competitive and rather open with many providers offering good value, it's so easy to switch providers. Granted I am relatively poor and keep my banking simple, but I doubt card providers want to increase friction either. After Revolut started requiring >basic integrity it took me appx 1 day to switch to n26 and nothing of value was lost.

Not being able to use socialmedia, e-commerce, and dating apps sounds great.