Maybe I’m not the largest consumer of apps, but the only time I use an app is if I want to interface with a service or with other people. Apps are just the man in the middle.

Do I want to set up my scale to sync its data to my vibe coded app? Not really. Do I want to set up the dozens of visualizations and hundreds of different actions and thousands of different items for calorie tracking, where even a 5% error is extremely significant? No way. Am I going to convince any of my friends to download my vibe coded chat application? Absolutely not. Do I want to store my photos in my own vibe coded solution and trust it to run in 20 years? Not a chance.

While a segment of apps will surely become obsolete, I don’t think the majority of users time will be spent on their own vibe coded replacements. Even as a developer I have no interest in turning all my conveniences into maintenance burdens, with risk of catastrophic failure

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bitmasher9 16 hours ago | parent [-]

It’s a mistake to think vibe coded apps will kill the App Store.

The issue is there will be less demand for apps. I don’t need to pay for a dulingo subscription when Claude can write a 5 minute language quiz for me. I don’t need to pay for Turbo Tax when Claude can prepare my tax documents for me.

Sure, it won’t replace all apps, but people will spend less time in apps and more time interacting with llms which hurts App Store revenue (Apples golden goose)

	▲	barrell 16 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I would be extremely surprised if declining App Store usage due to LLMs ever effects Apple’s bottom line. Pretty sure the increase in developer licenses could easily offset any loss in profits, and might actually result in more revenue. And it’s not like Apple is fixed. If this really did become a threat, Apple could surely integrate into Siri some ability to generate apps from your iPhone and put it behind their iCloud subscription. They’ve had XCode for years, managed their entire UI library basically since conception, and have their own language for their apps. Fine tune DeepSeek for a while on swift iOS apps and I’m sure you could generate apps rivaling frontier models. I really don’t see any existential threats for Apple here.
	▲	oneseventwonine 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It is already happening with me. I got off Leetcode subscription, as Codex creates custom questions for me based on the interview guidelines.