Note to non Linux users: Flathub is one of the most important app stores / repositories for Linux applications.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/50247342
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.
If you weren’t really invested in creating it, you certainly won’t be invested in maintaining it.
More than that, if you were not invested in creating it, you lack the skill for maintaining it. When a problem pops up that “AI” can’t solve, slop flop happens.