If you're re-writing your project 4 times, it means you're having fun or learning(nothing wrong with that).
But for those that are building a business, it is about delivering value to end customers.
this has become increasingly hard as we are short of options for monetization,as startups focus on being acquired since many years ago
> it means you're having fun or learning
I guess developers look at the huge salaries and decide that a job with the latest qualifications is a more profitable investment of their time in the medium term.
I take it you weren't around back when the only realistic method of finding customers was magazine advertising and a 1.5"x2" ad in a tech magazine was $500/month with no guarantee that anyone would even notice it?
look at the huge salaries
For a lot of us it's not about the money; it's about being to live by your own rules.
And yet it seems like everyone has a dozen different ideas for this killer app.
Just today I was thinking to myself "All these music player apps (of which I tried five) are really convoluted, I should do my own."
So, I was brainstorming for a short while how I would do the layout and that I need this feature and that feature and yep, my idea would be essentially as convoluted as all the others. Maybe a tiny bit more refined for my specific use-case, but seriously not worth the effort.