[Alex3917]

"it's getting harder and harder for new devs to get enough userbase that way."

The problem isn't that it's harder. Harder just means it takes longer. The problem is that most founders and investors are just copying the same strategies that worked ten years ago for Facebook and Twitter. So most funded startups are just shutting down after 12 - 18 months with the investors losing all their money.

[TulliusCicero]

> So most funded startups are just shutting down after 12 - 18 months with the investors losing all their money.

Hasn't this been true since startups existed? Most startups fail, everyone knows that.

[Alex3917]

> Hasn't this been true since startups existed? Most startups fail, everyone knows that.

I think what's new is the string of high-profile companies who have raised lots of money, released a product, and then shut down only a few months later. (Peach, Meerkat, Talkshow, etc.)

[mtl_usr]

And the Juicero effect.