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> if it costs almost nothing to build an app, it costs almost nothing to clone an app. And if cloning is free, subscription pricing dies. "AI", the new Napster

by chrisjj 9mo ago

> if it costs almost nothing to build an app, it costs almost nothing to clone an app. And if cloning is free, subscription pricing dies. "AI", the new Napster.

gruez 9mo ago
Where's the analogy breaks down is that AI isn't producing verbatim copies. There's no expectation that dropbox should be protected from clones, for instance.
- chrisjj 9mo ago
  How do you know you are not getting a copy identical to something the parrot found on the web?