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Default apps
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2022–2025), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Default apps, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Users waste many hours using default OS file manager2025-02-19
- Hard to remember which app opens a file by default; icons don't reveal the app2023-11-02
- Local music is hidden in a menu button while streaming services are front and center2022-11-13
- Built-in apps are cluttered; grandmother accidentally records slow-motion video2022-09-12
- Dragging an app to the screen edge keeps jumping screens, making organizing apps hard2022-06-02