What's this about?
A small Mac software shop published an explicit public stance that they use no AI anywhere in their product or process, positioning it as a selling point rather than a limitation.
What exactly is an "AI stance"?
It has become a category of public statement — a company declaring where AI is and is not used in what it sells. Some publish them to reassure customers about data handling; this one publishes it as differentiation, betting that a segment of buyers now actively prefers human-made software.
What's the community saying?
HN 83 points, 98 comments
- Support from people who say they would now actively choose such a product, treating it as a quality signal.
- Scepticism that the position is sustainable or fully honest, given how deeply these tools are embedded in ordinary development toolchains.
- Debate over whether this is principle or marketing, with several arguing it can be both.