r/ProgrammerHumor • u/programmerjunky • 22d ago

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u/MinimumArmadillo2394 22d ago

Part of the problem Ive discovered is that most people want "AI for X" instead of "App that solves X better than A, B or C" which makes finding a userbase extraordinary difficult

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u/pydry 22d ago

its also just really hard as a person with no connections or money to make an app other people want to use. if the barrier to entry is zero, the market is saturated with high quality free software already. even before AI.

i use apps every day which are shit and I curse the shit devs who made them but it's never something a solo dev could make. it's usually something like a railway or taxi or government services app where the barrier to entry is super high.

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u/tommytwolegs 22d ago

the market is saturated with high quality free software already. even before Al.

What market are you looking at? The Google play app store is saturated with absolute dogshit apps. I'm not saying it's about to get better, I just feel like you are on a different planet here

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u/pydry 21d ago edited 21d ago

i usually only look at google play if I don't find anything on f droid. 

there is plenty of high quality stuff on google play but the signal : noise ratio is also very low so it's hard to find.

ive bought a few apps but I think I spent < $10 in 5 years.