Has anyone noticed that we haven’t really heard of a new app in awhile? I feel like the last time I heard about an app on the news or on Reddit(in the past) in a long time. The last big one I heard of was the Threads app.
Where are the apps? I haven’t downloaded a new app since I got Boost for Lemmy.
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All the lemmy clients were my last app adventure. :)
I suspect they’ve started making device-agnostic apps using JavaScript and React Native. I’m pursuing Purescript solely because I was not willing to commit to iOS nor Android’s completely different ways of doing things…and I love Haskell style syntax.
I may be an outlier but that’s personally why I’ve avoided specifically targeting Android as a developer.
Because like recycled movies in Hollywood, there is a circlejerk of app making void of creative energy.
Apple killed any possibility of innovation by lobotomizing the masses
Have you tried Candy Crush? Flappy Bird? Those are the main ones.
I still download new stuff, but it’s usually one of
- game
- little FOSS project that’s replacing an existing app
- app that belongs to some service that I am using
I heard there was a new app coming, but I believe it’s still under review
Probably because the market is saturated. There can only be so many ways to make a todo app.
Most software made today is the same recycled ideas with a different coat of paint.
So, there are very few new apps that would generate enough value to a majority to be newsworthy
Yeah. It’s saturated, so it’s much harder to succeed now than it was 10 years ago. Gone are the days when large numbers of people were impulse-buying everything just because it was there and it was only $0.99.
I guess that’s why there’s not much middle ground between free/libre apps and heavily monetized subscriptions and microtransactions.
