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Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps — and AI is partially to blame
Side products can no longer be maintained, even if they have "loads of happy and loyal customers," as the Iconfactory's co-founder, Ged Maheux, says.
It launched an app called Tapestry, which allows users to track sources across the open web, including RSS feeds, YouTube, Bluesky, podcasts, Mastodon, Reddit, Tumblr, Micro.blog, and others. For one thing, open social media platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky are still dwarfed by tech giants, which means consumer demand for something like Tapestry is fairly niche. As Heber shared, the app’s Kickstarter was a bit of a “Hail Mary” on the company’s part, but people aren’t subscribing in great enough numbers to make up for the revenue that Twitterific once brought in, he said.
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