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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[โ€“] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A big part of this issue is mobile OS APIs. You can't just finish an android app and be done. It gets bit rot so fast. You get maybe 1-2 years with no updates before "this app was built for an older version of android" then "this app is not compatible with your device".