I'm not going to convince you. If you feel like it's just not fun, I'd say move on to something else you actually enjoy.
I say this because you said it's a hobby. If you have to deal with C&Ds, content moderation, support, copycats, etc... then it starts to feel like a job.
But since you made this post, maybe there's still some part of you that wants to keep going.
> I feel like the subject of a meme for refusing to accept that the internet is not the same as it was 20 years ago
With the exception of your last point regarding AI slop copies of your app, these are all things we faced as hobbyist creators 20 years ago too. I get your frustration but it seems a bit unreasonable to expect a lapsed payment to not result in a service terminated. Guarding against bad faith actors has always been a problem on the internet as has the name infringement issue (though haphazardly applied). Perhaps the speed and scale at which these things occur have changed but they aren’t new.
So yes, keep building. This is what comes with the territory.
I'm not going to convince you. If you feel like it's just not fun, I'd say move on to something else you actually enjoy.
I say this because you said it's a hobby. If you have to deal with C&Ds, content moderation, support, copycats, etc... then it starts to feel like a job.
But since you made this post, maybe there's still some part of you that wants to keep going.
> I feel like the subject of a meme for refusing to accept that the internet is not the same as it was 20 years ago
With the exception of your last point regarding AI slop copies of your app, these are all things we faced as hobbyist creators 20 years ago too. I get your frustration but it seems a bit unreasonable to expect a lapsed payment to not result in a service terminated. Guarding against bad faith actors has always been a problem on the internet as has the name infringement issue (though haphazardly applied). Perhaps the speed and scale at which these things occur have changed but they aren’t new.
So yes, keep building. This is what comes with the territory.