He who holds the purse strings, decides. The people who pay to have the apps made get to decide and they have decided that what geeks want doesn't matter.
And every time a geek tries to change that, he only wins for a short while and then we're back to the primordial soup.
Oh, and regular users obviously don't care enough.
There are complaints and then users keep using these super popular and bloated apps. Techies make it seem like bloat is a capital sin but it isn't.
When given the option, I never use such apps. I am rarely given the option, however.
Q.e.d.
He who holds the purse strings, decides. The people who pay to have the apps made get to decide and they have decided that what geeks want doesn't matter.
And every time a geek tries to change that, he only wins for a short while and then we're back to the primordial soup.
Oh, and regular users obviously don't care enough.
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