AI psychosis might be a result of subscription fatigue

In a recent article on Dev.to, developer Ale3oula explores the connection between the current 'AI psychosis' and the long-standing frustration with subscription-based software models. The author argues that as companies shifted from one-time purchases to recurring subscriptions, users became increasingly burdened by costs for features that often lack unique value. While AI has lowered the barrier to entry for building software, the author contends it has not democratized the industry, but rather made simple, thin-layer applications easier to replicate. The piece suggests that the future of software development may shift toward individuals building small, highly specific tools for their own needs rather than relying on generic SaaS products. Ultimately, the author posits that businesses whose value proposition is merely a thin interface over easily reproducible functions are the most vulnerable to this shift in user behavior.