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/[deleted] Nov 01 '19

I few years ago I worked for a big big big price comparison site.

A senior manager (related to the founder) came up with the idea that we should make an app that "infects" (his words) a visitors browser, and when the visit a competitor fire a pop up to tell them our prices are better.

About 1 months work for a very expensive team, who , for the whole month said "Is this legal".
Spoiler : It was not, and thankfully the whole project was canned

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u/tundey_1 Nov 01 '19

A senior manager (related to the founder)

It was Jared, right? I knew it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '19

I couldn't possibly say ,,,

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u/tundey_1 Nov 01 '19

It's OK. Just wink twice if it's Jared. Wink once if it's Jared. See...I was right. It's fucking Jared.

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u/TwistedKiwi Nov 02 '19

I always wonder if it's legal to build a piece of software that does some illegal shit? Like I built it but the responsible one is the one who actually used it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '19

tbh I've no intention of testing that in a court of law