If this design really isn't asshole design, then why are they still doing it like this? It's pretty obviously supposed to look like it has more content than it does rn; and even if you do realize what's going on, this makes it way harder to guess the amount of the contents. A number for gram amount is ok, but your brain really guesses by looking at the content, not the number.
I feel like that defeats the purpose of automated recommendations, since you can still search for the videos (that you want to watch) and create playlists either way.
I have not tried out voyager, but just from looking at it's GitHub, it's essentially just a web browser packed in a native app anyways.
Performance shouldn't really be different from browser app to local app this way unless something is done wrong, or there's some specific functionality, like async I/o that's still unsupported.
Notifications are also a thing in web browsers nowadays. Most device features that you can access in a separate app are actually supported by now.
Windows doesn't require you to install most things though. Developers just choose to do so unnecessarily sometimes.
Why hate windows for this of all things? Isn't it normal to "install" packages in Linux as well?
Bluetooth for example does work in web browsers though, and so does USB. There's web sockets and webrtc for communication. I can't think of a reasonable connection method that's inaccessible, but maybe I'm forgetting one.
I'd rather choose the password manager I trust that can safely store my credentials and auto-fill, than being forced to use a specific banking app with unknown security features.
If you're working yourself to death, you've got a problem with your job, not with your pay. Maybe delivering packages shouldn't be made unnecessarily cruel by long work times and little mechanical help.
I don't think it's fair to compare states in 50 years like this without mentioning the time lost from school and research + the better overall life quality that comes with more money. And it may not be you or me, but there are studies that show higher stress levels and chance of mental problems in academics and engineers.
With the 10 minutes, I was referencing a study that showed a 10-15 minute attention span of students during lectures. Maybe just reading wasn't my best choice of activity, but I thought you got the point. Yes, I got diagnosed with ADHD as a child, but I don't get why you would think that's necessary to comment on.
Try sitting still and reading a book for more than 10 minutes, and you will find that it can be exhausting to do. Now imagine being forced to pay your full attention like this for 8 hours every day. Then don't forget that you have to get up from your cozy reading time to think and write about whatever you just read in most analogies as well.