alt Hacker NewsIf you see articles from old computing magazines or TV shows in the 1980s (there’s some good rabbit holes on YouTube), the prevailing optimism was that everyone would have a computer in their kitchen and write their own programs for whatever they need to do..
But programming languages and operating system fragmentation didn’t let that really take off
Maybe now that original promise of personal computers can be realized :)
Imagine instead of going to the App Store, just telling ChatGPT etc to make a custom app and run it right away on your phone
That'd be an interesting future for sure but first we need Google to stop their power trip of needing to ID you before you can install an app on your phone, and likewise Apple will never allow that either without paying the Apple tax.
I feel like both Google and Apple see that future, and are now actively working to make sure it can't happen to protect their app store commissions.