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While its hard to deny the popularity of smartphone applications, many startups are staring to capitalize on the fact that some people are truly apped out. As Bloomberg reported late last week, the mobile app fatigue some consumers are starting to feel has pushed emerging tech companies to think outside of the mobile app box when determining the best way to reach users.Enter the traditional text message.Rather than investing significant time and money into the development of a mobile app, Ethan Bloch, CEO of the digital savings tool Digit, told Bloomberg the service uses text messages to communicate with its user base.[bctt tweet=Consumers app fatigue may lead to an increase in companies reaching out through text messages.]Bloch believed people would appreciate forgoing the need to find and open an app each time they wanted to use the ser
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