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by AussieWog93 8 days ago
> Had a friend trying to vibecode a custom Shopify app so he could replace one from the App Store that was running him $250/m. It was so confusing that he just gave up.

He can vibecode a full Shopify app but not a bash script that uploads it to his Partner Dashboard? I'll admit it's difficult to distribute custom apps widely, but for internal use it's like one TOML file, 3 lines of bash then copy-pasting a link.

> Their ideal situation is an Apple like walled garden where you can only install apps from their store.

On the flip side, like Apple, is that they have a customer base that is actually happy to pay for apps.