... star review this morning. The whole thing was one line: no 12-hour option, only 24-hour, uninstalled. He was right. My reminders app shows times in 24-hour format and never checks what the user's phone is set to. I'm from Uruguay. Here everyone uses 24-hour. It genuinely never crossed my mind that it could be a problem. Where it hurts: the US is 42% of my revenue and India is 29% of my install base ... ... opened the app, saw times that looked foreign to them, and closed it without a word? That number doesn't exist anywhere in my analytics. No crash, no error, nothing that shows up in a dashboard. Just a silent uninstall

... think set it apart: Disposable Workspaces clone a base image in seconds, use it, close it, and it's gone, disk included, no dead files left behind in your host system, unlike installing something directly and hoping the uninstaller cleans up after itself. AI Bridge a VM reaches a model server (like Ollama) running on the Mac's own Metal-accelerated GPU over a fast vsock-based channel, so AI agents get local inference with no cloud dependency ...

... Same. I don't need every feature for free, i just wanna know if the core product is actually worth using. Comment from Sawyer Benjamin(@sawyer_benjamin): A free tier with 47 popups saying "upgrade now" is an instant uninstall for me Comment from Sawyer Benjamin(@sawyer_benjamin): @nathaniel_george  Haha! Comment from Nathaniel George(@nathaniel_george): I feel like the free tier is basically the first date. if it's already bad, why would I plan the wedding ...

... only one using your own product daily, that's actually not nothing! It means YOU have the problem you're solving. The question is whether others share that same problem. What's been your experience with early user feedback vs. actual usage data? Comment from Abusaid islam said(@abusaid_islam_said): For me, it's definitely the mix of respondents and how feedback is collected. Developers and UX designers are great at spotting technical bugs and edge cases, but actual ... ... good. Second: people who trust reviews completely and rarely question them, since they're the ones who need Merzify most and will tell you honestly whether the result actually changes their mind or just gets ignored. Your developer versus

... Hunt launch. I'd genuinely love feedback from other makers here, especially from anyone who has tried screen-time blockers or has struggled with doomscrolling themselves. What would make you actually stick with an app like this instead of uninstalling it after a few days? Would love to hear your thoughts ...

... many?) that it brings in revenue? (if yes, what amount?) Comment from Lisa(@yelyzaveta_kibets): @busmark_w_nika   Fair caution. I'd lean on the Chrome Web Store dashboard first, it already shows weekly users and uninstalls with zero code in your extension. And if you want more later, a local counter in chrome.storage never leaves the user's machine, so LinkedIn sees nothing. Comment from Asad M.(@asadmalik901): @yelyzaveta_kibets  Repeat use is right but it lagged ...

... version of "tool debt" the same way there's technical debt - you add things when you're optimistic, and they're still there two years later when the reason you added them no longer exists. What have you uninstalled that you expected to miss but didn't? Comment from Kai Long(@kailong_20): Funny enough, we still use Notion and it works fine for us. I think it really depends on team size and how disciplined people are about structure ... ... share it as a clean visual guide instead of a wall of text. Tool debt is real. Sometimes the best thing you can build is the one simple thing that replaces five half-used ones. For me, I uninstalled

... music fix all started as someone's email, and the two point releases after it were your bug reports landing within hours. Thank you for taking the time to tell me what was wrong instead of quietly uninstalling. Keep them coming. Comment from Rabnoor Singh(@rabnoor_s): "It is the first release where I did almost no deciding" is the most interesting sentence here, and I would be careful with it. Reading the emails and building the three things people ...

... similar tools in the Chrome Web Store) Apply for the Publisher badge (nominating yourself), which could increase the credibility of the publisher although I first need to build a website for the tool. Add a feedback form when someone uninstalls the extension, so I can understand what s frustrating them. Make 2 YouTube videos: one explaining the problem, and another showing a demo so people understand how to use the tool. Post in a developer community. Not to get roasted ... ... just a badge requirement, it's the only piece that keeps working while you sleep. Store search is a small pond, and you're ranking in it on a listing whose rules you don't set. The uninstall

... used to report "no such email" when it really meant "haven't downloaded that far back yet". It now knows how deep the local cache goes and says which it is. Scoop installs no longer ship a bonus uninstaller that offered to uninstall

... burning motivation the user doesn't have anymore. I've hit day 40 on an app purely out of guilt, then quit and never opened it again. The streak didn't build a habit. It just delayed the uninstall. Builders: has anyone actually cracked this? A streak or habit loop where users stayed after the streak broke? Comment from Jared Salois(@jared_salois): @youliqn  Yeah, exactly. A lot of apps turn streaks into daily obligations. Guilt gets ... ... from losing focus, momentum, and my data. My ADHD is a blessing and a curse. lol Comment from Jared Salois(@jared_salois): @kate_sleeman That's the pattern I keep running into too. Punishment just speeds up the uninstall

... goal: if you want raw eyeballs go Tue-Thu, but for a badge/ranking with a modest following a weekend can punch above its weight. Comment from Sabber Ahamed(@sabber_ahamed): @busmark_w_nika   @abdullah_javaid3  the invitation vs favor framing is the most useful line in this whole thread. i caught myself drafting DMs that were basically upvote asks in a nicer outfit. what actually worked was showing up in threads like this one for weeks with nothing ... ... most important thing is to launch as soon as you can and keep iterating to improve, and keep launching Especially with how fast everything is moving with AI, waiting for a perfect time to launch will just let competitors

... source code Something else And honestly, would you download a DMG from a new maker s website, or only trust the Mac App Store version? If you have used a Mac cleaner before, what made you trust it or uninstall ...

... very first time, is that pairing step also offline/out-of-band, or does it become the one step people don't think to scrutinize? Comment from Imran Zavian(@imran_zavian): @daniil_katsura What would make someone uninstall it after trying? Comment from Imran Zavian(@imran_zavian): @daniil_katsura  Friction!! Comment from Ghost Kitty(@ghost-kitty-10022636): Comment Deleted Comment from Eema Rose Paul(@eema): @daniil_katsura Would people understand the value before using it? Comment from Anuj(@getosmo): Most answers here ... ... encryption is an explicit action, the recipient can open the capsule reliably, and the process works across the messengers I already use without an account or cloud dependency. If I had to fight the keyboard every day, I would uninstall

... Catch-22 situation; you need the data but also the trust of the user. We faced this issue whenever there was a policy update and we needed users to accept/deny. Many users had the tendency to flatly deny and uninstall the extension. Metrics show they didn't even open the policy. Comment from Ghost Kitty(@ghost-kitty-10022636): Comment Deleted Comment from Mona Truong(@monatruong_murror): @omri_ben_shoham1   great question. early data shows pinning is mostly ...

... context - Cursor for coding - it's changed how I write code, not just sped it up - Perplexity for research that I'd previously just Google-and-pray Everything else I tried for a week, got excited about, then quietly uninstalled. What I've noticed: the tools that stuck are the ones that replaced something I was already doing, not the ones that asked me to build new habits. The "you should also do X now with AI" tools rarely survive ... ... already do X, here's a faster way" tools do. Curious what's actually survived the hype cycle for you - and whether you've noticed any pattern in what makes something sticky vs

... hidden by default. It's not just a clean home screen - it has actual tools to keep you off apps you shouldn't be opening: App scheduler - apps only available at the hours you set. Filters - hide apps without uninstalling them. Home + app list - bare, intentional, distraction-free. I'm looking for testers to get feedback and improve it before launching. Fill the form and you will recieve a link with the testing URL https://forms.gle/M4zYNXa6PSAzAEEa7 . Thanks ...

... blocks), and mixed responses where both appear together. It covers Aider, Cline, Continue, Copilot CLI, Goose, Windsurf, and any OpenAI-compatible backend Azure, groq, fireworks, mistral, together.ai . The hardest design decision was not the parsing. It was fail-open vs. fail-safe. If capture logic throws an error, do you surface it (fail-safe) or swallow it and pass through (fail-open)? We chose fail-open. A proxy that occasionally interrupts a developer's coding session gets uninstalled

... report, a live indicator? Because the anxiety that drives the install (am I about to get flagged?) needs to be visibly relieved right after, not just silently prevented. If users can't feel it working daily, they'll uninstall even when it's actually protecting them. How are you thinking about making the protection feel real in the moment? Comment from Priyatharshini C(@priyatharshini_c): @busmark_w_nika  Something like a small banner or notification inside the extension that ... ... site yet, your extension itself becomes the funnel very simple: unlock pro insights join waitlist 4. distribution > features right now your biggest lever is: LinkedIn posts showing real before/after activity patterns short demos ( this is what looks risky vs

... posting a lot on Reddit and spending a bit of money on ads, I managed to get over 600 users. But while doing all that, I forgot one thing. Because if people can install your extension, they can also uninstall it. And I hadn t really thought about that. I was thinking acquisition, not retention. So, as you can probably imagine, my 600 users turned into 200 users in less than a week. Let s just say that after ... ... everything felt logical and instinctive to me. But in reality, it wasn t. The solution I found was to add explanations and tutorials. At the onboarding stage, and when users activate features. The result? I cut Focus Mode s uninstall

... later, you find 2GB of hidden cache files, random Launch Daemons, and preference files still lurking deep in your ~/Library folder. Why is this considered normal? Why don't apps clean up after themselves? When I was testing the Uninstaller feature for OptiClear, I was shocked by how many popular tools intentionally leave tracking IDs and hidden folders behind just in case you install them again. It feels intrusive. Let's vent: Which app is the worst offender for leaving ... ... digital trash behind on your system? (For me, it s anything by Adobe ). Comment from Orhan Kilic(@orhan_kilic): Honestly, digging into this issue while building the Uninstaller

... built Monk Mode for people who do not want to uninstall YouTube, Reddit, or X, but do want the algorithmic junk gone. It blocks the parts that usually pull me into a 45 minute detour: - YouTube Home - YouTube Shorts - X For You - Reddit front pages - other feed surfaces That was the whole point for me. I still wanted search, specific videos, direct links, and intentional use. Just not the infinite slot machine. It is a native ... ... lifetime. Would love blunt feedback from anyone here who has tried feed blockers before. What made them stick or fail for you? https://mac.monk-mode.lifestyle Comment from vishal(@vishal7017): @jamie42 The feed vs

... makes pricing easier. Products from anonymous creators compete on price. Products from known practitioners with a track record compete on trust. That's a completely different conversation. Comment from Samir Asadov(@samir_asadov): For specialist/practitioner products this 'brand vs product' framing breaks down the product IS the brand statement. A financial model template built from real deal experience signals more credibility than a thousand brand posts ever could, because the buyer (a CFA with a deal on their desk) reads ... ... were only concerned w/ my wellbeing I'd do the same, but when I have others I'm responsible for, and they themselves have mouths to feed, I think differently about the long term effects of my brand vs

... roadmap for the next big update. I want to build what you actually need. Which of these features would make your Mac life easier? 1 Duplicate Finder: Find and remove those annoying identical files & photos. 2 Uninstaller Improvements: A more powerful way to wipe every trace of deleted apps. 3 Cloud Storage Cleaner: Scanning and managing large files in iCloud/Google Drive. 4 Performance Monitor: A real-time dashboard for RAM and CPU health. Or is there something else ... ... because that s where things get messy without people realizing it. Local clutter is visible. Cloud clutter isn t. One thing I ve personally struggled with is not just finding duplicates, but understanding: what s actually safe to delete vs

... installing some app that is claiming that it's going to change my life (maybe not literally, but you get the idea), and then I was adapting to the app, getting a huge pain in the ass, and finally uninstalling it and feeling happy again :D Comment from Michael Zhang(@michael_zhang20): I use glucose monitor. It s one of the best health tech products for me. It shows me my blood glucose level around the clock so that ...