The thousands of software devs that got laid off aren't starting businesses. They're also not a cross-domain expert at the same things you are. You might be in

The thousands of software devs that got laid off aren't starting businesses. They're also not a cross-domain expert at the same things you are. You might be in the top N coders in a niche, and you might be the only one with the motivation to work on the problem. You also might just do it better than them. And last, you might just split the pie with them. Really, it's okay to have many apps doing the same thing with different approaches.