As a synonym, every time I had an APP idea, I search the play store and App Store and there are at least 10 variants. Discarded. After this happened couple of times, I have had enough.
Finally decided to go anyway.
Finally decided to go anyway.
I now sell about 100 copies per month for about $500 income per month. I give $350 to charity for every 100 copies, but that's a personal decision.
Building it has been a great learning experience. Interacting with customers has been a very rewarding experience (so many people love it).
Video Hub App - https://videohubapp.com/en/
and Open Source on GitHub - https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App
I have a very large collection of assorted YouTube rips I've gathered over the years and would love software to help me arrange it.
Building your own copy is also hassle-free, just npm install, npm run build. Version 3 (releasing this month) already on main branch, has more features than public version.
The first time I shared it on HN it went to the front page :)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17587992
ps - it's not essential, but I think many people use it for porn ;)
What can you do? Make them better, or at least try =)
When you try to make a better product, you are automatically comparing yourself to other products. Instead, when you try to be different you are creating your own niche and your own rules. Yor product will not be compared against others. At least if you fail, you will be original and not another copy-cat.