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Something that has been on my mind lately is are we near the end of viable startups in apps? I mean this in a multi-platform approach not just mobile. But for a

Something that has been on my mind lately is are we near the end of viable startups in apps? I mean this in a multi-platform approach not just mobile. But for apps in general I am starting to feel what's possible has been done and we are nearing a point where the big guys are already doing it and you might as well just join FANG instead of building something on your own. Maybe I'm getting jaded though. There are always new niches coming out... And there are reinvented cycles. Like how many big dating apps have been there since the 90s? Quite a bit actually. Can there really be another dating app in current internet app standards between desktop and mobile? Probably not. Maybe the next dating app will be in VR and AR. In fact I guarantee it. But I'm feeling that we are getting tapped out on app ideas before the next flood. Makes me a little sad because I'm more entrepreneurial than anything and not feeling many problems to solve lately. Maybe it's just me. Anyone else feel similar?

deegles 11y ago
More platforms = more opportunities. The Kim Kardashian game on Android/iOS made $200 million dollars in 2014. You don't have to come up with a new niche to be wildly successful, you can innovate on execution. That being said, I believe there is huge potential for new types of voice-only apps on the Amazon Alexa platform.
- sdenton4 11y ago
  Yeah, there's a huge problem with discovery and new apps, though, which kardashian has a huge leg up on. Other challenges are that people tend to spend 80% of their time on 3 apps, and that people are likely experimenting with new apps much less than they were a few years ago, as they've already got their goto apps at this point.
Can_Not 11y ago
If AR, VR, and IoT kick off simultaneously, I wonder what the malicious exploit, microtransaction heavy crapware, and indie game scenes are going to be like.
rwallace 11y ago
I think this is true at the current tech level. That is, if your product idea is a website or a phone app (as opposed to using these things to solve a problem in some other domain), it's unlikely to be worth doing. I think the next big opportunities will come with the next technological breakthrough (Internet of things, robotics, AI, nanotech, whatever) and that's the direction to aim for.

deegles 11y ago

More platforms = more opportunities. The Kim Kardashian game on Android/iOS made $200 million dollars in 2014. You don't have to come up with a new niche to be wildly successful, you can innovate on execution. That being said, I believe there is huge potential for new types of voice-only apps on the Amazon Alexa platform.

sdenton4 11y ago
Yeah, there's a huge problem with discovery and new apps, though, which kardashian has a huge leg up on. Other challenges are that people tend to spend 80% of their time on 3 apps, and that people are likely experimenting with new apps much less than they were a few years ago, as they've already got their goto apps at this point.

Can_Not 11y ago

If AR, VR, and IoT kick off simultaneously, I wonder what the malicious exploit, microtransaction heavy crapware, and indie game scenes are going to be like.

rwallace 11y ago

I think this is true at the current tech level. That is, if your product idea is a website or a phone app (as opposed to using these things to solve a problem in some other domain), it's unlikely to be worth doing. I think the next big opportunities will come with the next technological breakthrough (Internet of things, robotics, AI, nanotech, whatever) and that's the direction to aim for.