In its near 20-year existence, the Internet has gone from a slow moving giant to something that we depend on daily. With the development, of course, comes speed and fine tuning. Now, we live in an age where information downloads itself when it is available and apps make information easier to find.
Sites like Facebook made things available at the click of a button. Apps make the Internet more accessible ... we purchase things with one click of a mouse on Amazon and get the headlines that interest us sent to our inboxes each morning.
On one hand I think apps are a generational thing. They are more hesitant to feel secure with things being so accessible. For that reason, I think they'll still want the security of buying things in person, or confirming step-by-step instead of signing up for Amazon or iTunes' one click purchasing.
As 20-somethings, we've grown accustomed to things being simple. We like the sleek lines of Apple's products and software, and we're willing to pay for the experience. Therefore, I think that apps have taken over the age of the Internet, creating new opportunities for the Web to develop and continue to grow.
Sites like Facebook made things available at the click of a button. Apps make the Internet more accessible ... we purchase things with one click of a mouse on Amazon and get the headlines that interest us sent to our inboxes each morning.
On one hand I think apps are a generational thing. They are more hesitant to feel secure with things being so accessible. For that reason, I think they'll still want the security of buying things in person, or confirming step-by-step instead of signing up for Amazon or iTunes' one click purchasing.
As 20-somethings, we've grown accustomed to things being simple. We like the sleek lines of Apple's products and software, and we're willing to pay for the experience. Therefore, I think that apps have taken over the age of the Internet, creating new opportunities for the Web to develop and continue to grow.
I agree that the obsession with apps breaks down across generations.
ReplyDeleteOlder generations like to buy things in stores, to physically pick up and feel an item in their hands rather than look at a picture on a website, and interact with a real flesh-and-blood salesperson and cashier.
Younger generations who have grown up with the internet and are computer savvy have no problem ordering online, probably since we are so accustomed to everything being online. Even our social life is online in the form of social networking sites like Facebook.
You made a really good point with this, and I didn't think of it that way in my post. I also agree with your point that people like apps for the streamlined convenience that they provide.
Keep up the good work! I hope to read more of your posts this semester.
I totally agree that apps are a generational thing. I am only 24 and pretty much grew up with the internet. Although I feel pretty comfortable using the secured network on my web at home for important, private things like banking, buying or selling, I still don't feel comfortable using an open sourced phone application to complete those private things. On the other hand my mother still thinks it is completely unsafe to ever do any type of banking over the internet and still physically balances her checkbook (bless her heart). I don't even think she would know what an web application is.
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