I made a mobile app for my significant other and she won't use it

The guy did a not-insignificant amount of work on an app and his... "partner"... didn't even entertain the idea of using it; if not for mere exposure to their friends, at least for an actual "good" suggestion.

Guy, you might wanna re-evaluate your "partnership".

But hey, at least now I'm inspired to download it and try it out.

Re: I made a mobile app for my significant other and she won't use it

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Post by gambiting » Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

cbozeman wrote: post #6

> Last weekend, my partner had her friends stay with us over the weekend. We needed to find a movie to watch. This was my chance! I was so excited! > "Let's use WeWatch!" > "No, it would take too long. Let's just watch Space Jam." The guy did a not-insignificant amount of work on an app and his... "partner"... didn't even entertain the idea of using it; if not for mere exposure to their friends, at least for an actua…

I definitely read that last bit as tongue in cheek. Also doesn't "No, it would take too long" imply that their partner has used it in the past? Maybe the process really does take too long, because you have to scroll through a 100 movies before you find one you both like. And in that case it sounds like the partner was decided what they wanted to watch - Space Jam. In that case I'd just go "ok, sure, if you really want to watch movie X then let's watch it". Obviously we're just sitting here digesting someone's life on the internet. It's stupid anyway.

Re: I made a mobile app for my significant other and she won't use it

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Post by pyjug » Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 9:57 PM UTC

I made a "feeding tracker" app because my wife wanted to wean our infant off breast milk. There are mobile apps that do this, but the problem was that we didn't want to wake up our child due to the phone screen at night. So, I hooked up an IoT button to Lambda + Dynamo, created a UI and everything -- my wife only needed to press the button. Turns out my wife was generally too sleepy and forgot to press the button. Also turns out that she liked to breast feed anyway, so the app went totally unused. User requirements are hard!

Re: I made a mobile app for my significant other and she won't use it

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Post by vuciv1 » Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 9:59 PM UTC

cbozeman wrote: post #6

> Last weekend, my partner had her friends stay with us over the weekend. We needed to find a movie to watch. This was my chance! I was so excited! > "Let's use WeWatch!" > "No, it would take too long. Let's just watch Space Jam." The guy did a not-insignificant amount of work on an app and his... "partner"... didn't even entertain the idea of using it; if not for mere exposure to their friends, at least for an actua…

I appreciate your concern.

I used her as a punchline because I thought the title and story was funny.

She consistently helped me with testing, gave me feedback, and let me talk her ear off about it for over a month.

She's wonderful, don't worry :)

Re: I made a mobile app for my significant other and she won't use it

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Post by LikeAnElephant » Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 10:01 PM UTC

cbozeman wrote: post #6

> Last weekend, my partner had her friends stay with us over the weekend. We needed to find a movie to watch. This was my chance! I was so excited! > "Let's use WeWatch!" > "No, it would take too long. Let's just watch Space Jam." The guy did a not-insignificant amount of work on an app and his... "partner"... didn't even entertain the idea of using it; if not for mere exposure to their friends, at least for an actua…

I'm constantly badgering my non-technical partner to try random tech shit & apps that she doesn't want and didn't ask for. She tells me no sometimes, and usually for good reason.

Please tell me internet person with zero insight into my personal life: should I end my longterm relationship just like you're advising the author to?