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What Reddit says: Client ghosted me twice… then used my whole proposal to “build the app himself with ChatGPT”

Reddit users in freelancers discussions are using this thread to compare what AI actually helps with in day-to-day work. The original post focuses on had a client i’d been talking to for almost two years. complex mobile app, two sided, video editing, payments, creator map flow… the real deal. i spent hours writing a full proposal, documenting the exact apis, tools, workflows, stack.. everything. mvp price was ~$17k. he hesitated. ghosted. came back. ghosted again. c.

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