alt Hacker NewsI understand the message this tries to tell but this is not how it will look. This is how dying cash cows look. This isn’t even dangerous, it’s just ugly and wouldn’t be used by many people.
The real thing will look like ChatGPT. It will even answer WAY faster, because every microsecond means real money. The answers will sound real. They will even be useful. But maximally engaging. Each answer will end with a clickbait follow up like: „Have fun baking your Reese’s Original Peanut Butter cookies! Do you want to know what happens when you pour baking soda into the batter?“
I really hoped for that experience when clicking the headline.
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>Have fun baking your Reese’s Original Peanut Butter cookies!
I think it will be even worse. Like, "Im having terrible pollen allergies - what can I do?"
Response will be very scientific sounding version of; You need some brand XYZ anithistamin , it will give the best effects, and the others you should only try if you low-key are looking to die.
Or users will realize that a trashy ads experience is bad and switch to a service that isn't trashy.
I don't understand why there's so much fearmongering about ads when heavy competition + zero switching costs will effectively guarantee good UX.
This looks like a vibe-coded promo for the service the parent is associated with, but what cracks me up is that not all this UI clutter is a part of the joke. For example, there are some incessant "chat with AI" bubbles that pop up in the bottom right corner that belong to the platform itself.