The explanation for why we don’t have “everything apps” in the US is because we all have an app store, and that’s the niche the everything apps were really solving for.
bogdugg@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
An “Everything App” is just an operating system.
OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 8 months ago
golli@lemm.ee 8 months ago
That and i think we also adopted technology differently. Places like China or india in a way skipped most of the PC/Laptop phase and went straight to smartphones as their main device to access everything.
And on a PC/Laptop you’ll access most things through a browser. And i think even to this day many will prefer to do some things on a larger screen rather than a smartphone, even if by now it is the primary device.
akilou@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
How do you get the everything app in the first place if you don’t have an app store?
OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Comes pre-installed on the phone. I think it was possible to download apps from websites too, it was just not as convenient.
jaybone@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So is there like a single app on their Home Screen?
They tap it and it opens an app with a bunch of other apps in it? Or a bunch of tabs, or other widgets you have to scroll around to find the functionality you want?
I get why China would want this, for content control. But I don’t see why india or anywhere else would want this.
cyd@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Also, everyone is locked into using credit cards.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 8 months ago
The idea of an everything app (AKA Superapp) is that all of it’s features are interoperable. The OS doesn’t do anything except provide an environment for apps to run.
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
You nailed it, he wants to create OS X.
Patch@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Sold on his very own special X boxes.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
OS X already exists…it’s just renamed to macOS these days