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Most of Flathub's AI-generated apps were abandoned within months [XDA, Jul 18, 2026] (www.xda-developers.com)
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Summary

  • 73% of Flathub apps labeled as "AI Slop" were abandoned within months.
  • Many were deleted or received no updates after release.
  • Analysis suggests the Flathub app AI ban helped spare reviewers and curb quick abandonware.
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[–] 7 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

Why they didn't measure a baseline of general apps and non-AI apps abandonment rate?

Without a contrast the information is useless?

For all we know the abandonment rate of general new apps might be 98% or maybe 2%, who knows they didn't gave us that number.

As far as I know they didn't even measure it. They only took 120 apps labeled as AI without trying to get any contrasts data. Incredibly poor methodology.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago

    I agree with you, they should have done this (was suggesting this early in the comments too). I wouldn't say the information is completely useless, but its true that without context its hard to make hard conclusions.

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