My Business Is Dying
A software developer reports a decline in monthly recurring revenue for their business, attributing the loss to increased competition from AI-powered tools and a lack of public marketing. The author plans to continue working on the product despite the downward trend.
Why it matters
The post reflects the growing pressure on niche SaaS businesses as generative AI tools commoditize previously paid software services.
Revenue and Monthly Recurring Revenue are down significantly since we peaked in February 2026.
Monthly Recurring Revenue is down 12% since February 2026.
This has happened to me before with an application I made called Girlfriend Plus. In 2017 revenue spiked, but I didn't do much development on the app. Pretty quickly revenue dropped off. Today it basically makes no money.
It's probably because more people are cancelling subscriptions and fewer people are buying subscriptions. Let's take a look at the data.
Okay it looks like MRR growth has turned negative since April this year. But why?
The rate of cancellation is about the same, however the amount of new subscribers per month has been dropping since February 2026.
Why are we getting fewer new subscribers? I don't really know, but here are some possibilities.
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