Are Lovable and Replit Scams? Devs Slam AI Site Builders and AI Video Editors as Hype
lipeng0820 · x · 2026-10-15
A heated debate: yucheng argues Lovable, Replit, Base44, and Framer are scams selling worse models, fewer credits, and SaaS lock-in to naive users — a $100/month Claude Max or ChatGPT Pro subscription is far better. lipeng0820 adds that until multimodal video understanding beats 1-second precision at current cost, every "AI video editor" tool is hype.
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