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A really interesting point in the article that even though the number of IOS apps Has increased by 80% the number of reviews has actually decreased.

The number Apps with significant usage has gone down slightly.

Is this suggesting less critical thinking?

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I think those are unrelated dynamics. AI isn't causing people to use fewer apps. (Well, it might be, in a different way: you don't need the Yelp app if you can just ask ChatGPT where to get lunch.)

It's rather the case that AI makes it easier to build and publish an app, but not substantially easier to make a popular app that people will actually use.

Yes, I agree. There are two theories here Quantity has gone up but quality has gone down, or people need less apps as the LLM answers their needs.

Trying to answer this is important to try to answer the future. What startup to build

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