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by syntaxing 257 days ago
Definitely don’t argue against that, once people get into a habit of using something, it takes quite a bit to get away from it. Just that an American startup can literally run ZLM models themselves (open weight with permissive license) as a competitor to ChatGPT is pretty wild to think about
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hx8 257 days ago
One of the side effects of having a chat interface, is that there is no moat around it. Using it is natural.

Changing from Windows to Mac or iOS to Android requires changing the User Interface. All of these chat applications have essentially the same interface. Changing between ChatGPT and Claude is essentially like buying a different flavor of potato chip. There is some brand loyalty and user preference, but there is very little friction.

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ab5tract 257 days ago
MySpace collapsed in something like 18 months.
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