Show HN: It Was Never You

3•aruss•1h ago

Hi HN! I made my first iOS app - users can swap out an ex or friend for someone else in their photo library.

I did this as a bit of a lark. I hope you find it entertaining, at least. At its most serious, it’s a Black Mirror-esque note on the future we’re enabling in the AI age. It’s not an app I’d ever use or recommend people use.

I suppose that’s the question I’m asking myself, and now you, with this - while I intentionally built something I wouldn’t want to see in the world, how are you dealing with the feeling that software you build is or isn’t making the world a better place?

What a weird time to be alive!

Comments

doc_ick•50m ago

So it is a weird time to be alive, though I must ask for clarification: why would you build something you yourself wouldn’t want to see in the world? Profit? Attention?

Not to be too critical, but this appears to go beyond just a satirical PoC.

aruss•45m ago

I can’t say that I expect any profit from this. (I’d be shocked if anyone spent money on it, and I lose money every time someone uses the free credits).

It’s an art project - a provocation. Beyond a PoC is flattery it truly doesn’t deserve imo

carloslfu•41m ago

what the hell did I just see? I love it! hahaha

do you have more apps like that? satirical-type apps?

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