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by vineyardmike 1017 days ago
Well stable diffusion’s parent company is nearly dead due to funding issues. So competing isn’t something they’re succeeding at.

The moat memo misses the truth that google knows: you need existing customers. Ideally paying customers.

Firefly has doesn’t have a moat, it has a well. It has a way to sustain and fund development and growth and servers. That’s why google doesn’t need a moat. They have the funds to take on anyone, and probably win.