I agree. It’s way more sus to download an app. The reason social media sites push apps over websites is because they can harvest a lot more data that way.

I have an app for programming my chicken coop

What kind of programming does a chicken coop need?

Often, the apps are there just to collect ad information for you in a way browsers don’t allow.

This is a very popular opinion

My 401k company just created an app for onboarding new participants.

“If you’d like me to run company software, you’ll have to provide a company device for me to run it on.”

Never install work software on a personal device. Security, Privacy, Expectations (regarding personal resources).

Along with this, never use personal software/accounts/services with company devices. You can’t be sure who’s watching and can’t be sure you’ll have a chance to remove/collect your personal data before being locked out of said device.

And not every program needs an installer.

Just because I downloaded a program to write ISOs to a USB drive, does not mean it needs to be installed on the system. Unless it’s something like MS Office, why does it need to be installed? Just give me a zip file, I will extract it and delete it when I don’t need it anymore.

I hate propietary apps that are just services or stores and especially when they refuse to have a website and make you download their app.

I do not need 200 apps on my phone. Just one web browser app will do.