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Apple's App Store is on pace to add 1 million new apps this year, most are AI slop
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this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2026
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You know how those AI slop apps show up in Apple's bottom line? Just the same π€
If broken slop apps crowd out the good, actually usable apps so the App Store just becomes a cesspool of useless garbage, they make no money as people wil abandon trying to find a tool for their problem.
I hate to break it to you but the AppStore has been a cesspool of useless shovelware for over a decade now. There isnβt a whole lot of good at this point to crowd out