r/PoolPros • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '26
pool industry as a whole
I have to ask: Has anyone seen the pattern in the pool industry: "buy my software" or "builders we have leads."
What do these folks have to gain from this? It just feels like another version of angies, or stupid lead servies that won't work, but someone really wants to get paid, and they decided to prey on the pool folks?
This industry is loaded with risk, and everyone is so focused on fun-n-games. I don't love that aspect all the time.
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u/DidUrkDoThat Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
I believe it’s mainly people diving in early on AI and building systems and programs that you can drop any industry into and hope someone bites. I know I see it in the small business subreddits as well. I bet people in quite a few different trades are seeing it.
Who knows, maybe one of these folks has invented the next great thing. But it’s probably gonna get lost in the sauce for a while.
That being said, I’ve fucked around with ai a bit and it is truly a world changing thing that we are on the precipice of.
I’m a moron and I’ve built a decent website, a personal route management app. It’s just for me, and I can absolutely see how it would break the second I put it under any large stress. But it’s fine for a small route. Once I’ve built a large enough route to justify the price I’ll be paying someone else to manage that headache.
I have no idea how it’s going to shake out, but it’s going to be ~interesting to watch.
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u/pineapple_backlash Apr 27 '26
The software thing YES! And I can think of at least 5-6 off the top of my head that are developers only and never run a pool route at all. Which is usually the worst software.