It's getting hard to justify app stores

My best takeaway from this post:

> The friction of building personal apps has always been so high that as users we accepted the ads, the trackers, the dark patterns, and the constant upsells.

> The friction is just not there anymore. You can build a personal app that has the exact subset of features you want, that is clean, fast, and respects your privacy, in a matter of hours.

https://preslav.me/2026/04/03/the-friction-is-just-not-there...