I'm still trying to wrap my head around what this tool is achieving. Running filters on many files? Does this mean that your business dies if the original tool gains the ability (and nice GUI) to run batch jobs on its own?
Being first might be very lucrative. I might remember wrong here, but instapaper was an iOS only experience (with a kindle addon), and they are still rocking on, and the founder cashed out a long time ago. Every browser seem to have an instapaper built in nowadays, Mozilla even bought a competitior (formerly read it later now pocket?)
So yeah, buildin inside someone's moat might give you a cap on how big you will be able to become and will make you a tenant, but it could still be worth your while.
So yeah, buildin inside someone's moat might give you a cap on how big you will be able to become and will make you a tenant, but it could still be worth your while.