My "too many apps".Is this the fate of the reviewer?

Was my apps less ...

Isn't the number of apps more and more?On my iPhone home screen, there are many apps that are replaced by members and fitness.I want to delete the application as much as possible and make it a refreshing screen, so the first screen has other apps on the second screen only for calendars and weather.I just counted it, but there were about 100 apps in total.I was surprised because I thought it was not so much.Even I am in this state, what is the writer who reviews?

Victoria Song, who is reviewing a gadget on Gizmodo US, lamented, "There are too many apps."

A few weeks ago, I was trying to make the app "Konzaku (so -called discard)".However, while deciding which fitness app to delete and changing the arrangement of the home screen, I threw the iPhone on the sofa and wanted to shout.My app...Too many!

How good would it be if I could erase everything?But this is the fate of a gadget reviewer.And while erasing unnecessary apps, I thought about too many apps.

One app for one gadget / service

I always keep Apple Health, Activity, Wear OS, Polar Beat, Fitbit, and Mapmyrun, as I do comparative verification of wearable.In addition to these basic apps, you may download one -time apps depending on what you test.In retrospect, I used six apps to test one device.(Distant eyes)

Recently, gadgets that require dedicated apps are increasing.The smart home gadget PHILIPS HUE valve and a robot vacuum cleaner needed a dedicated app.Bluetooth speakers, the cat's automatic toilet "Litter Robot", and a dedicated application for a toothbrush and a water bottle.Google Nest Hub and Amazon Echo Spot need to use different apps, despite the same concept.I have a job called a reviewer, but I installed as many as 40 to 60 apps to move the device at home.

Of course, I don't use many apps on a daily basis.However, as long as the own gadget depends on the dedicated app, it may not be an exaggeration to say that my life is being swayed by the app.

In today's world, everything is around the smartphone.So it's no wonder that tech companies develop their own apps with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.This trend is not limited to gadgets.I feel that any service has been shifting to a standalone app these days.For example, the other day, I tried to claim pet insurance, but to make the procedure easier, I encouraged the ASPCA website to download a dedicated app.I didn't download the app, but I thought it was easier to do so.

Originally, you don't have to download any apps.One food delivery app is fine.But rival apps may always have a better coupon.I can't help but confirm that ...Actually, I deleted a ride share app other than JUNO now.But I re -downloaded Lyft, Curb and ARRO within a few months, yes.

Apps to contact friends are half a half -dozen

Oh, and there is a problem that the text app cannot be narrowed down to one.I use a different chat app depending on my friends.

I think this is all you remember.I use Slack and Signal to interact with my colleagues, but half of my friends are Instafram and another half use IMESSENGER.Overseas friends use Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and the family is Kakaotalk.In other words, you need seven (!) Apps to contact everyone.I understand that the job of gadget reviewers is an extreme example.But I think the "dream" centered on the apps that Big Tech is trying to sell is a nightmare.

Hell where people who put too much app fall

So what kind of life do I live like this?Let's introduce a certain day a few weeks ago.

I woke up in the morning and crawled out of the bed and checked how much I slept.Then, apply a lot of skin care products one by one and have the "Eutrogena Skincare 360" app quantify the effectiveness of care.You can take a picture by scoring how much you have erased the bears around your eyes.By the way, this score, but there is no good result.Smart toothbrush also has an app that checks whether your teeth are brushing well.App while brushing your teeth.It's a great life.

Then measure your weight with a smart weight and skip the data to the app.At this point, the smartwo at hand will notify you, "250 steps can be walked."In less than 8 o'clock, I will touch so many apps.Then, when Slack works, it is a signal of starting work.

In the rest of the morning, if you are not doing that, if you are not doing this, it will be a storm of notification.I haven't entered breakfast records, I don't have a training, running, or mindfulness session.Social media and message apps have a lot of unread notifications.

Lunch time tests the straps and two wearable on your chest.Then, wear smart running shoes and make sure they are paired with Mapmyrun.Start tracking exercises on all the left and right arms and the straps on the chest.Then, spend about 30 to 60 minutes.To be honest, I think it would be easier if you send data directly to a hard security website, not a smartphone.

You can't escape from the app notification hell in the afternoon.I intend to provide a very tough regulation for the permission of the notification.However, we have confirmed which app can surely send notifications, so there are a few things we can't really cut.By the way, it is the criterion of the selected apps that allow notifications, but the key is to make me feel that my life will improve with a little effort.

In my day, I have to remind me that I forgot to log my lunch and dinner, and the gadgets end up malfunctioning.The most likely to be malfunction is the robot vacuum cleaner that has been used for about two years.It doesn't work with the audio command, and Alexa and Google Assistant will tell you that "small bugs have occurred."

It's like this, what is your life chased by my app?

The average person has 80 apps

By the way, this is my own problem, but it doesn't seem like that.

As of 2017, the average app installed by smartphone users is 80, and the average monthly uses are used on average.It's a pretty amazing number.I think some of these problems are because non -smartphones have not evolved sufficiently.Even though others are not evolving, the smartphone is in the center.

But I don't want to return to the time before the smartphone.However, looking back on the mountains and apps swayed by the apps and apps, I think that it is possible to concentrate on the connection and make it a little elegant to provide necessary information and reminders.。If there is a method other than creating a compatible app and accessing it individually, I think it will be a little more refreshing.

I understand.But if you concentrate, I think it's scary.

Even so, the Nakagawa level, which was so successful in the self -proclaimed app, was in 100, so how much Song was in ...She had tried a lot of apps in the past after seeing Netflix "Konmari -Magic of Cleansing Life-", but at that time there were 150 apps on seven screens.I guess the number of apps will increase, no matter how careful it is.