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3 points by mcarrano ↗ HN
Hi HN,

I spent this Labor Day weekend working on an idea I have had for a while. I just published it to Github and would really appreciate if people helped contribute.

The project can detect what libraries/sdks are being used inside applications that you have installed on your device. Ever wonder what advertising networks Angry Birds uses to monetize? Well now you can find out!

Github: https://github.com/michaelcarrano/detective-droid

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.michaelcarrano.detectivedroid

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frantzmiccoli
It's not uninteresting that's for sure, would people be ready to pay for that I don't know.

Thinking out loud: what could be nice would be to use what you have done to collect a related libraries database and then maybe build a recommender system. According to its personal project one could on your website and see what tools are commonly used with what he already use. An hypothesis: if you drive enough traffic to paid libraries or services (for example I have seen that Udacity used Mixpanel which is paid), maybe those people would be willing to pay you for helping the discovery of their product.