"Local brand, rebadged hardware, ethernet port on the back, internet features in the menu"
"Keeping the download tiny was a decision, not a side effect."
God I hate the AI slop that I can instantly call out. If you MUST have your blog written by AI, please please please please implement a skill or something that does a second pass using this https://tropes.fyi/tropes-md so at least we remove all the USUAL tells. I cannot stand to read articles like this any longer.
And yes, this reply went through AI too.
Try to not get more upset when readers coach you than when the LLM rewrites you. Both happen, both are fine.
Edit: Personally I also strongly prefer reading broken English over LLM writing.
As it will be for most software, imho. There's a limited suite of extremely popular software, and some locale-specific ones. Everything else is buried in a mountain of "the rest", where it's near-impossible to discover what's worth one's time (read: so >99.99% of potential users won't bother, and stick to well-known apps).
Logical consequence is that most of "the rest" turns into abandonware.
Big Tech's algorithms behind what's promoted on app stores, commercial interests, use of AI: all just make this worse. I don't see easy solutions to this problem. But if/when found, I suspect it'll be through community-run / grassroots efforts. "Monetization" otoh just turns everything to shit...
You mentioned buying ads. I have a similar issue now, launching a game, I will need to ensure a constant influx of players.
In my case the game is multiplayer though, so the value of the game goes up with more traffic (more players = more fun), and hopefully some of them will come back (LTV+) and refer their friends.
boban-lukic•3d ago