AI-powered ‘vibe-coding’ is filling our app stores with garbage
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- ▪This so-called vibe-coding is sometimes hailed as a democratisation of creative and productive tools.Platforms can no longer assume that because someone is submitting an app that they understand the associated risks and responsibilities.
- ▪The firm’s latest numbers indicate that there were 560,000 new apps just in the first half of this year, suggesting at least a doubling for 2026 in total.And this is only estimating the number of new apps allowed onto the store.
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