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Comment by ddarolfi | Hacker News Reader

I would be surprised if any AI forward OS is based around applications developed by other people. I imagine the OS will create the software you need. Thing's like banking apps are more difficult, but I imagine OpenAI could sort that out behind the scenes.

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The idea of managing a consumer app API for which every client is auto-vibecoded to the user's preference sounds...fun.

User: Hello Uber support? Yes, the app shows my driver is in the ocean off the west coast of Africa? And his ETA is -2147483648 minutes?

Uber: Your app, your problem.

User: Hello phonebrain, can you fix my Uber app?

Phonebrain: You're absolutely right, I must have misunderstood the API docs. Squiggling... ... Shuffling ...

Phonebrain: Error, you've hit your usage limit. Please wait 12 hours, or switch to pay-as-you-go app development mode. I cannot estimate how much it will cost to fix your Uber app.

Why would they rate-limit fixing their own bugs? Seems counter-productive.

> switch to pay-as-you-go app development mode

Still counter productive.

And if it came to that, and that's how this OS worked, we'd see open APIs disappear real quick from all the popular services because of the support nightmare, and, services like Uber and others are going to want to maintain exclusivity with their first party app the moment vibe coding becomes that viable. APIs will get locked down, and we'll all be worse off for it.

If an "AI Phone" looks to be an existential threat to third party app devs and services, except everyone to do everything they can kill said AI Phone to protect their own products.

Tech companies already have a history of shutting down APIs as soon as someone actually uses the API to make something that users like better than the official applications. They don't need AI-written clients as an excuse.

Who wants to vibe code all of their phone apps? Vibe coding is cheaper than traditional core, but it certainly isn’t free.

Lmao this delusional hand waving stuff is what economists do.

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