App Stores have a long feedback loop.

· Bits and Bobs 9/29/25
  • App Stores have a long feedback loop.
    • You look at the piece of software and decide if it would be useful for you.
    • You look at pre-made promotional images.
    • You try to imagine: "If I took the time to input my data into this, would it work for me?"
    • A long feedback loop with a lot of uncertainty, so there's a lot of dropoff.
    • Imagine instead that you look at a gallery of software, and all of it is running live on your data.
    • The feedback loop is orders of magnitude shorter.
    • Do you want to keep it, or not?
    • The quality is directly selected for.
    • Also, the predicted keeps are a useful quality signal to spread that quality for others.

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