The less than extensive side of apps

Media Ecology looks at new technology and media in terms of the way that it extends ourselves. For instance the telephone extends our ears and mouth and allows us to then communicate with people who are all they way across the world with little more effort than dialing their number. This worked out really well for the telephone because it was much more convenient than sending people messages by horse back and you could better communicate than you could with the telegraph. Apps you would at first glance think are helpful in the same way. They can extend us in so many different ways you can get on facebook to communicate with people far away, skype with your friends, and get scores all without leaving the bus you are on or your bed where ever it is that you happen to be. All of this is possible as long as you have your phone with you and of course the app for that.
This at first all sounds great but are we coming to live in an interfaceless society where communication will all be done through our phones. I know I have many times sat in the same room as another person and for one reason or another texted them instead of talking to them and they were right there. Apps may be further killing our face to face interaction and instead of extending us as the conventional though of media ecology would say they could actually be shortening our reach in many other ways. Now I am not arguing that they give you less ability I am saying they give you less will to use certain abilities. I know I have talked to many people and become friends with them simply because I had to ask them a question that I felt they would be knowledgeable about. Doesn't matter if it was who won the game last night or how to do an assignment apps may be killing that connection. Who wants to go up to a complete stranger and ask them a question risking looking like a moron when they can just take out there phone and use one of the many apps they have to check the scores or their emails. All your problems can be solved by just clicking a few buttons and again there is no face to face interaction needed. I wouldn't be surprised if soon there wasn't an app for breaking bad news such as firing an employee or breaking up with your significant other. I am not trying to say that apps are all bad but sometimes I think we let them take over too much of our lives. We don't need an app for every single aspect of life if you want to know a good place to eat why not stop and ask a local maybe you will make a new friend and its likely the suggestion will be better than something a computer program can come up with.