There are too many webapps!

John Lins
4 replies
The internet lately has been flooding with all sorts of web applications (and most recently, AI-based ones). I frequently find myself on internet startups' landing pages, but I never actually use the product, I just check it out to see what people are working on. When I look at my own workflow I use a small set of applications, usually from large companies. All that's needed is a: document editor, spreadsheet application, database, web hosting, email client, CMS, CRM, large social media platforms, a search engine, and now ChatGPT. I never adopt new software even though I'm an avid internet user. Despite my own internet usage behavior, I seems like all these lesser-known webapps are in business and they usually boast about being used my large companies like Google... but they all seem to be saying that and I find it hard to believe that Google is using all these random internet applications when they likely have the resources to build an internal tool. Also, using all these new tools seems like it would be a huge hassle since they don't all integrate well with eachother. Not only that, but you'd be constantly charge a monthly fee for each one! (I'd rather just have my data get sold) What are your thoughts? Do you ever implement new webapps into your workflow? If you do, do you actually pay for them? Thanks πŸ™Œ

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AndrΓ© J
I think google employees use smaller niche stuff. That's how they discover what to copy next 😏
Olga Pavlova
Good question. For me, small web apps are created for their teams and their purposes. And they work as, well, advertising for hunters or investors. Why not. Good way to improve your skills, especially business ones.
Vlad Zivkovic
I pay only for GPT that's all!