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If you use the App Store the way the people run them want you to (browse instead of using the search that they hide in a corner) you will find it is already 99% slop. I make a point to only install an app by name if I know the brand (e.g. McDonald's or Taco Bell) or if it is something really famous (e.g. Arknights, Fate Grand/Order)

If you just go looking for a "game" I'm certain whatever you find won't be fun at all.

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my game is pretty sweet, i built the real-time ocean physics system from scratch https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hydrofoil-surfing/id6753151332

Yes, but that's mostly hand-made slop. What I'm referring to is 100% automatically generated apps from start to end. Potentially orders of magnitude larger volume, once you realize you can churn an app an hour and have it published, with the reviewers effectively unable to do meaningful testing.

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