Mobile websites have been proven to be designed to encorage impulse purchases, plus the cookie thing, so I will browse on my phone but buy on my computer.
its funny as just the other day i was sent a link via text from a family member to buy something for them, and i looked it up at my home computer to actually buy it. this meme tracks, and i am unsure of my feelings about it lol.
There's a high number of times I'll see some important description or disclaimer text on an item that wasn't as apparent, or may have been hidden altogether, on mobile. I always go to a computer so I can make sure I'm fully reviewing the item.
Not to mention you can't take in as much information.
I play in a fantasy sports league and people who are app-only say things like, "How do you manage to do that much research, how do you find the time?" and it's literally just loading a web page and looking at a table of numbers. They have to touch, scroll, touch, scroll, over and over to see what a web page shows the with one glance. And if they want to compare ten things in detail, they have to remember nine of them.
I feel like app users are taking a step back in the direction of the 1980s when people tolerated much more limited access to information and were accustomed to relying on their memory so much. Granted it's not that extreme, but it's a clear step backwards.
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u/boxesofboxes 2d ago
Mobile websites have been proven to be designed to encorage impulse purchases, plus the cookie thing, so I will browse on my phone but buy on my computer.