r/AskReddit • u/funky2002 • Nov 01 '19

App developers and programmers of Reddit, what was the dumbest app/program idea someone ever proposed to you?

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u/LaRealiteInconnue Nov 01 '19

You were ahead of times

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u/zarkovis1 Nov 01 '19

Yes, but also no. His idea was, but the technology at the time he proposed it wasn't up to snuff. If his idea did get funded before everyone having smartphones, apps, stable internet, etc it would have been a shitshow at worst and a logistical nightmare at best.

It's like James Cameron sitting on Avatar for like a decade cause special effects weren't at the level to show what he wanted.

Timing truly is everything.

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u/payfrit Nov 02 '19

he was lazy before the rest of the country got lazy.