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"What happens when software features, UX, and visual fidelity aren't competitive advantages anymore?" This is the question I've been thinking about. All can be
by kaizenb 2mo ago
"What happens when software features, UX, and visual fidelity aren't competitive advantages anymore?"
This is the question I've been thinking about. All can be copied very easily and in scale these days.
- phito 2mo agoIt was always easy to copy software (but yes, even easier now). The hard part is competing with the software that you're copying. Software does not exist in a vacuum. They usually have an already established user base, relationships with partner businesses, more domain knowledge due to having to actually think about the problems they are solving and so on. You can start by copying but at some point you'll have to differentiate, and you might not be able to do so if you don't understand how your sloppy vibe-copied software works.
- ben_w 2mo agoIronically given how much hate I have seen for them, this is what patents are for. Invent something novel, get patent, you have exclusive economic rights to that for however long the patent lasts.
- remify 2mo agoCopying means you have a valid target. I'd argue that a well thought UX isn't easy to copy in the first place because it's not something that can easily be put into word. It's the same for a lot of things, I have some clothes that I love because of their, design, quality and more ... something intangible that I have hard time describing and that can easily be explained with: It was done with taste.