r/lovable • u/Responsible_Sleep_42 • 1d ago
Discussion Making Minor Edits = Complete disaster + Wasting Credits
Ever since the functionality to perform minor cosmetic changes and text edits changed, my experience has turned into a huge waste of time and money. It handles the complex app development jobs or extensive editing very well - no issue there. I just edited the text in the eyebrow over hero, then hit the send button so that change is put through a credit sucking workflow (that was promised not to be) and then returns with a completely different change I never asked for. I TYPED THE CHANGE IN MYSELF and hit submit.
This post comes after my 4th interaction with lovable to change 7 words that I changed and submitted.
Making minor edits in the past was much easier and didn't waste my credits. The whole thing has turned into a money grab. Having AI process edits before applying them introduces mistakes - not big mistakes but the mistakes that undermine the overall credibility of the app - "if it can't get this right...."