People talk about how no one's downloading apps anymore, but I think it has more to do with events like this. It's become easier to build apps nowadays, so the

People talk about how no one's downloading apps anymore, but I think it has more to do with events like this. It's become easier to build apps nowadays, so the creators have less patience, they move on very easily. I'm guilty of this too. When something's not working out well, you start thinking "i could be spending my time working on something else that will do well. It will only take a couple of weeks, why am I wasting my time?" From a user's point of view, they've been burned too many times to trust that their favorite app will stick around next year, so they invest less in the app, which is a downward spiral. But the thing is these are all illusion. Today's fad is gone tomorrow. So you better work on something you believe in, instead of building "a messaging app with a twist" just because messaging apps are hot nowadays. Or building a "bot platform" because bots are hot. Or building an "AI stuff using Tensorflow" because everyone says they're the next big thing. They are not. If you trace back towards where all the hype originated, most of them are from some VCs or media pundits who are "looking for the next big thing", which is the worst possible direction you can start from.