[Eric_WVGG]

You're right.

The iOS app store would currently be flooded with newcomers in niche spaces — workout apps, notes, reminders, etc. And games, my god, there would be vibed clones of every game imaginable.

It's simply not happening.

[dpark]

App Store is already flooded with competitors for every simple niche.

That’s why this article makes no sense to me. The “Cambrian explosion” was the introduction of the app stores on phones. There are 2 million apps on Apple’s store.

[bad_haircut72]

Because writing code hasnt been the bottleneck for success on the app store in probably a decade, its all how to game algorithms / find someone with the power to boost your app

[hobs]

And the same is true for almost all those names the GP posted - they are big because of network effects - most people dont have time to evaluate the "quality" of software. In the long term the "quality" of software can be extremely variable, so mostly people just hitch their wagons to existing tools because if everyone else is doing it, it must make sense.

[wyre]

Could Apple's $99 fee to get on the App Store be contributing to with holding this flood, or their app review process?