I think the web is the lone exception. Consider the other big software platforms from the last few decades: Android, iOS, Java, Windows. The trend is adequate

I think the web is the lone exception. Consider the other big software platforms from the last few decades: Android, iOS, Java, Windows. The trend is adequate-but-not-exceptional tech with rich companies pouring cash into their success. (iPhones have better than average tech in the hardware, so maybe there's hope that great tech will make up for lack of cash, but iPhone tech also required massive amounts of cash to develop and the software is also middling.) You can highlight any number of parallel attempts at platforms that arguably had better tech but failed. I guess another way of phrasing my point is that good tech doesn't seem to be much of a factor in succeeding; ok tech with money succeeds, good tech without money fails. (Where "money" here maybe stands in for a bunch of related things, including "marketing", "building a market for developers", "attracting paying users", etc.) I am sorry for the random sniping. I wish you luck and I will read your subsequent posts with interest. I write my comment because I would like to read some higher-level analysis (e.g. why will your project succeed when similar attempts X,Y,Z failed, what is different about the state of the market today vs last time).