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.

  • UnforeseenEnglish
    380·
    9 months ago

    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

    • GenderNeutralBroEnglish
      50·
      9 months ago

      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.