I think the hate boils down to "I could've built it in a day with Claude, but didn't, so they suck" sour grapes.

When the comments here say "there's no value because anyone could've compiled llama.cpp", you can see how detached from reality these people are.

Even jumping through the hoops to get an app on Play Store and Apple Store — an app that I can tell my friends to look up and download — is worth a lot.

An app that is also is available on Mac and PC, mind you.

I'm an ex-Google/Meta/Microsoft/Roblox software engineer, and I couldn't be bothered to do any of that.

Neither could the rest of HN. But I'm not the one complaining about lack of novelty or value in this proposition.