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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

back-to-basics apps and services.

I think these do exist, but they're in such a sea of shit that most users scrolling on their phones can't find them. Shameless apps have an intractable engagement/marketing advantage over them, as do the 'lets get acquired by Big Tech' ones.

I guess big companies could engage in this, but... shrug.


Hassle-free self hosting is hard, yeah, AI or not. Not going to argue with that one bit.