That’s fair. I’d call the last point new commentary more than an argument since he didn’t really provide any evidence that it’s true. /pedantic

This comment is basically just a tl;dr of the OP

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsolete

no longer in use or no longer useful

I wouldn’t say obsolete because that implies it’s not really used anymore. Most websites and apps still use validation not too dissimilar from the OP, even if it goes against the latest best practices.

Easier doesn’t mean better though.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they are working on something now and just wanted to get the app out as an mvp.

That is likely a benefit but let’s be honest the real reason is that a web version would require a lot of additional overhead especially to staff enough engineers.

I used to have this phone back in the day. It was cool but it ran hot as hell and I got really bad screen burn after a year or so.

Well yeah, the US is set up for giant corporations to make as much money as possible as quickly as possible regardless of how much it will fuck over the customer, bonus points if fucking over the customer doesn’t include immediate proof of physical harm to said customer.

Nah if that’s not what you meant you need to work on your writing skills bud.

Try to understand what you are trying to say before writing it, even if you don’t like it. That will make you less likely to be misunderstood.

How is that hyperbole? That’s essentially what you are suggesting lmao