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<h3>Why Aren’t Developers Making Prosumer and Small Business Apps Anymore?</h3>
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<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/todoist-to-do-list-calendar/id572688855">Todoist</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fantastical-calendar/id718043190">Fantastical</a></li>
<li><a href="https://pdfpen.com/blog/pdfpen-13-is-here-and-this-is-why-youll-love-it">PDFpen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beeper/id1551695541">Beeper</a></li>
<li><a href="https://adium.im/">Adium</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/groupme/id392796698">GroupMe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/slack/id618783545">Slack</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/discord-talk-chat-hang-out/id985746746">Discord</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-teams/id1113153706">Microsoft Teams</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notion-notes-docs-tasks/id1232780281">Notion</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.shortwave.com/">Shortwave</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/claude-by-anthropic/id6473753684">Claude</a></li>
<li><a href="https://memberful.com/">Memberful</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/github/id1477376905">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1password-password-manager/id568903335">1Password</a></li>
<li><a href="https://workspace.google.com">Google Workspace</a></li>
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