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Flathub said no to AI slop. The data says they were right.
When Flathub announced it would reject AI-generated apps, there was some backlash. "Gatekeeping." "Anti-open source." "Who decides what's slop?, "Luddite move".
Well, now we have an answer. A clear answer.
A developer went back and analyzed 120 apps Flathub had rejected under this new AI policy.
73% of those repositories are now completely abandoned. Many deleted their source code. Some of the accounts are gone entirely.
These weren't passion projects that got unfairly rejected. They were throwaway apps that were never meant to last.
We call them "abandonware".
Flathub held the line, and the Linux app ecosystem is cleaner for it.
Because creating apps is not the hardest part, maintaining them is.
This is what good stewardship looks like. Not every "open" door should stay open.
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