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>Because accounting software is cheaper due to competition. In software eng Claude is currently strongest and there's higher costs involved than normal SaaS. Y
by fauigerzigerk 6mo ago
>Because accounting software is cheaper due to competition. In software eng Claude is currently strongest and there's higher costs involved than normal SaaS.
Yes, competition not salaries determines the margins that software vendors can charge. That's exactly what I'm saying.
My expectation is that competition between coding agents will stay strong and costs for the current level of software engineering performance will fall.
>There are many fields in which the tools/machinery cost more than the salaries of people.
For example?
- mewpmewp2 6mo agoAgriculture, oil drilling, trucking, etc...
- fauigerzigerk 6mo agoThe machines in those sectors do not cost nearly as much as doing the same work manually. Not even close.
- mewpmewp2 6mo agoOf course not, but they cost more than the person using them, it's multiplying the productivity of that person, so if AI multiplied enough as well it would make sense.
- fauigerzigerk 6mo agoThat's beside the point. The question was whether the salaries that would have been paid for the working hours replaced by the machine are a realistic yardstick for the market price of the machine. That's clearly not the case in any industry.