> The breakdown of this generous interpretation to me is that everyone knows people really don't want a ton of apps on their device, specifically for privacy/security reasons.

"But Our Company is different, and that's why we need %useless_feature_they_saw_in_another_app_unrelated_to_industry% to help hook users in."

Admittedly this thinking was a lot more common in the earlier half of the decade, but I've still seen it at other orgs.