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Why does it have to work long term? Claude Code probably built it in 2 hours. Sell it for as long as it works. If it provides some value to some people during t

by qq66 6mo ago

Why does it have to work long term? Claude Code probably built it in 2 hours. Sell it for as long as it works. If it provides some value to some people during that time, good for them.

gu009 6mo ago
> Sell it for as long as it works. I agree with this in principle, but this seems conceptually at odds with selling lifetime licenses (which this product does). The lifetime license option reads like a statement of intention that they'll be around for a long time, but when the TOS of the underlying services come into play as they do here, offering (or buying) a lifetime license seems like a gamble.
- jstummbillig 6mo ago
  How about: The creator is trying to make some money and is not super concerned with the long view. For-profit activist software.
  - trinix912 6mo ago
    It's still questionably legal (at least here in Europe) to sell a yearly subscription for something and then have it stop working halfway through the year. They should probably care about not getting sued so easily.
- duskdozer 6mo ago
  > [for the] lifetime [of the current version of the service] >unlimited data [up to a certain limit] > ~~no~~ gimmicks I'm sure I'm missing some
scary-size 6mo ago
Interesting perspective! Are we in the „fast fashion“ period of software now?
latexr 6mo ago
What a rotten state of affairs that we’re now openly suggesting producing garbage with the least effort possible and selling it until caught. We used to criticise those who did that, calling them spammers and scammers and worse. Now, “telling some LLM to take a dump and trying to sell it to some chumps without a sense of smell” is viewed as a smart business model. Anything for an extra buck.
- AlexeyBelov 6mo ago
  > are now openly suggesting producing garbage with the least effort possible and selling it until caught Well, this is a VC adjacent forum, so...
- niek_pas 6mo ago
  Yup. The fast food philosophy has entered the software development world. Produce cheaply, don't think too much, shove it down your throat, move on.
- duskdozer 6mo ago
  Maybe I'm misreading but the parent doesn't seem to be suggesting it as good but asking sarcastically. And yeah, the site has all the LLM-hallmarks. Anything that's a service and has a single-payment "lifetime subscription" is immediately suspect.
  - kasparnoor 6mo ago
    Lifetime payment was highly requested by users (including existing users), since they have subscription fatigue. Since I use the app myself every day to reduce screentime myself I'm extremely motivated to fix every bug and make the UX as seamless as possible.
- qq66 6mo ago
  Why is it garbage? If you want something to block YouTube shorts, here's something that does it. It won't work forever, but you won't pay forever. Not all software needs to be high-craft and high-quality. Sometimes it can be just something a guy sells you off the back of his truck.

by qq66 6mo ago

Why does it have to work long term? Claude Code probably built it in 2 hours. Sell it for as long as it works. If it provides some value to some people during that time, good for them.

gu009 6mo ago

> Sell it for as long as it works. I agree with this in principle, but this seems conceptually at odds with selling lifetime licenses (which this product does). The lifetime license option reads like a statement of intention that they'll be around for a long time, but when the TOS of the underlying services come into play as they do here, offering (or buying) a lifetime license seems like a gamble.

jstummbillig 6mo ago
How about: The creator is trying to make some money and is not super concerned with the long view. For-profit activist software.
- trinix912 6mo ago
  It's still questionably legal (at least here in Europe) to sell a yearly subscription for something and then have it stop working halfway through the year. They should probably care about not getting sued so easily.
duskdozer 6mo ago
> [for the] lifetime [of the current version of the service] >unlimited data [up to a certain limit] > ~~no~~ gimmicks I'm sure I'm missing some

scary-size 6mo ago

Interesting perspective! Are we in the „fast fashion“ period of software now?

latexr 6mo ago

What a rotten state of affairs that we’re now openly suggesting producing garbage with the least effort possible and selling it until caught. We used to criticise those who did that, calling them spammers and scammers and worse. Now, “telling some LLM to take a dump and trying to sell it to some chumps without a sense of smell” is viewed as a smart business model. Anything for an extra buck.

AlexeyBelov 6mo ago
> are now openly suggesting producing garbage with the least effort possible and selling it until caught Well, this is a VC adjacent forum, so...
niek_pas 6mo ago
Yup. The fast food philosophy has entered the software development world. Produce cheaply, don't think too much, shove it down your throat, move on.
duskdozer 6mo ago
Maybe I'm misreading but the parent doesn't seem to be suggesting it as good but asking sarcastically. And yeah, the site has all the LLM-hallmarks. Anything that's a service and has a single-payment "lifetime subscription" is immediately suspect.
- kasparnoor 6mo ago
  Lifetime payment was highly requested by users (including existing users), since they have subscription fatigue. Since I use the app myself every day to reduce screentime myself I'm extremely motivated to fix every bug and make the UX as seamless as possible.
qq66 6mo ago
Why is it garbage? If you want something to block YouTube shorts, here's something that does it. It won't work forever, but you won't pay forever. Not all software needs to be high-craft and high-quality. Sometimes it can be just something a guy sells you off the back of his truck.