Summary

The AI-made apps highlight people’s frustration with AI-bloated programs and increasingly expensive subscriptions. In this current era of vibe coding — using AI to create mobile and desktop apps — it was probably only a matter of time until someone made free versions of popular apps. That happened this month when a Reddit user announced that he did so with popular but expensive Adobe and Microsoft programs.

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