from Hacker News

AI apps are like music

by warthog on 8/16/25, 9:59 PM with 12 comments

  • by flax on 8/17/25, 12:57 AM

    The popular ones are boring and way over used Most people are happy with a subscription service that doesn't really serve their tastes or compensate the sources effectively. * I won't get really into it unless I have a solution using hardware I own. * People that care about it are incredibly passionate about it. For the rest it is a boring subject in and of itself. * "It can change the world"

  • by perilunar on 8/17/25, 3:02 AM

    Pricing for digital services sucks. I really hate the monthly subscription payment model. If I use a service infrequently I’m being ripped off, and if I use it a lot I’m undercharged. The incentives are all wrong.

    Why can’t I just pay for what I actually use? I do that for electricity and my landline — why can’t I do the same for my mobile phone, internet, video streaming, AI, etc.

  • by yoz-y on 8/16/25, 10:34 PM

    > Everyone describes AI apps the same way: "Cursor for X."

    First time I hear this phrase, and I’ve read a healthy amount of articles about AI.

  • by FridgeSeal on 8/16/25, 10:47 PM

    The author complains about model picker drop “complexity”, then follows up with an example about how the insurance industry prices their products.

    They conclude by asserting that ai-adjacent apps should “get rid of that damn model picker” and “be more like insurance”. As if the insurance industry wasn’t one of the most predatory, parasitic, scummy and user-hostile industries out there.

    Please don’t follow this advice, we don’t need _more_ opacity and insurance-like companies.

    I also personally think think that the “point it at the mosh of your choice” mechanism will only become _more_ popular, not less.

  • by ripped_britches on 8/16/25, 11:01 PM

    A rare excellent take

  • by pdntspa on 8/16/25, 10:52 PM

    Another call for the ongoing stupid-ification of software....

  • by cadamsdotcom on 8/18/25, 12:23 AM

    The model picker is a power user feature.

    Power user vs. normie products haven't emerged yet.

    Another sign we're early in AI.