Big AI is cannibalising the app businesses indie hackers used to build, and their revenue and traffic are falling as a result.

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1. 26 Jul 2026

   Pieter Levels quoted

   Their wordsI'm seeing a trend here of declining revenue and traffic with indiehackers On my own projects too Maybe big VC products too but I wouldn't know cause they don't share revenue To me it seems clear BigAI is cannibalizing everything that used to be apps

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