Show HN: 100 Million Books for Android – Discover All the Books Ever Published

The initial goal was to make a background app that ran on its own with 0 user input (books would change on their own every few minutes, and the user would just see what they saw, thus creating a sense of serendipity...that's the whole point of the project).

But that approach didn't work because of technical limitations on hybrid apps (Doze and App Standby are very aggressive). The result—30-minute delays until the user can load another book to prevent app addiction—is essentially marketing spin to cover up this technical shortcoming.

It's a subtle change, and the practical result would've been similar, but it would've felt less artificial...perhaps that would've been more acceptable to you.

So yeah I'm not sold on the approach myself. I half-heartedly released this for Android and am playing wait-and-see before I release for iOS.

It's totally possible I'll end up going another way with this...likely away from mobile altogether. Thanks for checking it out.