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.
But you did not publish them on Flathub either, right? The assumption is, that published tools have reached a certain maturity that is meant to be used by public. So if people don’t use Ai, then they don’t even publish unfinished projects they won’t work on. I also don’t need to use Ai to make mistakes. That does not invalidate the data and arguments made in this research results.
I got them as GitHub releases, or crates.io, one even on nixpkgs.
But I was just making a joke that I am just as bad as the AI apps.