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I think giants can clone your product even without the source code.

• janto 5y ago
  They can go through the dev process and take on those risks themselves. Don't copy homework and present yourself as the expert.
• raesene9 5y ago
  Technically I'm sure that's true, but the number of acquisitions of small software startups the giants make for large amounts of money suggest that they don't view the process of cloning a product as easy.
  • Sebb767 5y ago
    Cloning a product requires you to clone the API bug-for-bug an locks you in architecture-wise quite a bit, since your interface must be similar. This requires you to solve problems the same way the original software did, but doing so similarily well might not be easy. Also, this takes time. Then, once you cloned the software, you still need to convince the customer base to switch. It's far easier to simply write a check and get code, talent and customers at once without delay.