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g947otoday at 5:29 PM1 replyview on HN

Serious question: what's keeping a competitor from doing the same thing and doing it better than you?


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simonwtoday at 5:35 PM

That's a genuine problem now. If you launch a new feature and your competition can ship their own copy a few hours later the competitive dynamics get really challenging!

My hunch is that the thing that's going to matter is network effects and other forms of soft lockin. Features alone won't cut it - you need to build something where value accumulates to your user over time in a way that discourages them from leaving.

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