RIP App Stores 2008 - 2024

Well this blew up... Check out my side project, which ironically is an app...

These are simple toy apps. You are i er hyping this

People thought computers were just toys for a while

Prompt engineer it to make these apps with similar level of polish and features. I dare you.

We’re 16 years into the App Store. 16 years from now AI will be wildly powerful. The first apps in the App Store looked more like this

Can’t wait for my grandpa to prompt his insurance, health, government, banking, digital frame and work apps into existence 🫠🫠 /s

It’s only a matter of time.

Something I think ppl are missing is the impact that simple AI-based web apps will have on actual App Store apps. Bc internet pages can appear on iPhone screens with an app icon, web apps like this may be indistinguishable from (& compete with) actual App Store apps

are mobile web apps....back?!

i think people will still build and distribute apps to others, but this probably lowers the bar for what you build yourself vs look for solutions to in the app store. i see this as a similar paradigm shift as spreadsheets.

Totally agree. A+ tier apps will always exist. But such a large % of apps in the App Store do one basic thing, and I’m convinced AI will replace those within the next couple of years.