<story><title>Bots won&apos;t replace apps, only better apps will replace apps</title><url>http://dangrover.com/blog/2016/04/20/bots-wont-replace-apps.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>readams</author><text>The correct answer here is ... web apps.  They&amp;#x27;re just better than chat bots.  The only real issue is an easy way to link identity and payment information into the interactions.  These chat bot guys always claim their main advantage is not having to install apps.  The web browser is already there and installed.</text></comment>
<story><title>Bots won&apos;t replace apps, only better apps will replace apps</title><url>http://dangrover.com/blog/2016/04/20/bots-wont-replace-apps.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>brianchu</author><text>Great read. I found particularly insightful the idea that conversational UI is like skeumorphism - trying to shoehorn analog forms (conversation) into a digital app, bringing along a bunch of details and actions that don&amp;#x27;t serve any purpose or are worse than the alternatives.</text></comment>