3 ms·
I think in the case of Cursor, they are one of may VScode forks, so a switch is not really very challenging. I agree there is little to keep me on any individua
by mattnewton 1y ago
I think in the case of Cursor, they are one of may VScode forks, so a switch is not really very challenging. I agree there is little to keep me on any individual app or model (which is one reason I think cursor's reported 9b valuation is a little crazy!)
- andix 1y agoOnly if you're using VS code in the first place. VS code is fine for web dev and js/ts/python. But I really don't like it for Java, C#, C++, SQL, and many more.
- martinald 1y agoAgreed. I do agree with your point that they are very replaceable, but the amount of people I know that still only have tried ChatGPT makes me think that most users are quite lazy once they have a tool. I suspect the (vast?) majority don't bother moving without good reason. So to me it seems to make sense to take as much marketshare in this as possible, rather than saving a few $10/100ms on COGS optimisation, then do the COGS optimisation later. FWIW all LLM stuff is quite easily replaceable, but that's not stopping anyone from trying to aggressively grow marketshare.
- mattnewton 1y agoFair point, I always forget how much of an early adopter I and the developers I am surrounded by are. There are plenty of developers who use whatever the CTO approved at their shop, which yesterday was probably github's copilot but tomorrow could be Cursor + Cursor Agents if they continue to out execute.