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> So now that this previously 3rd party feature is fully integrated into ChatGPT, that effectively kills any separate app trying to do the same thing. I honest
by BoorishBears 3y ago
> So now that this previously 3rd party feature is fully integrated into ChatGPT, that effectively kills any separate app trying to do the same thing.
I honestly take this as a litmus test for people who understand the word "positioning".
There's still a massive market for people who want a place with a UX focused around their documents and a specific task, vs ChatGPT's swiss knife approach.
If anything Google is probably the biggest danger to these startups as they start to launch their copilots for docs... not ChatGPT getting this ability
- popularonion 3y agoYep, when MS + Apple + Google fully integrate ChatGPT and post-ChatGPT tech into their products, it’s basically game over for most “AI” startups. Same as how those same companies commoditized Dropbox into irrelevance.
- BoorishBears 3y agoDropbox is a great example because they focused on positioning to endure Now their pitch is more focused on collaboration and versioning, and better tailored towards creatives than home users as it once was Positioning is what lets you win when your core value proposition becomes common: it won't work as well as when your value prop wasn't common, but it can still be highly profitable
- popularonion 3y agoI just looked it up and I was surprised to see Microsoft OneDrive launched only a few months after Dropbox. Seems like it did take a few years for the MS juggernaut to win out.
- raincole 3y ago> Dropbox > Irrelevance Dropbox's market cap is still 9B. Small compared to MS, sure. But I would really like to be as irrelevant as it :)