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by popcorncowboy 40 days ago
> As the cost of producing software collapses, demand for it will expand.

This is a non sequitur. Jervons paradox doesn't apply here. No-one is sitting around going "you know what I need? More software". The supply side is exploding. Demand? I dunno man.
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runeks 40 days ago
> No-one is sitting around going "you know what I need? More software"

I disagree. Every company goes "I need more software — iff its TCO is less than the savings it produces". So if the cost of producing a piece of software, which can save a company $1m per month, now costs $500k per month to develop instead of $5m per month, then demand for that piece of software will absolute go from zero to greater-than-zero.

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mlhpdx 32 days ago
> The supply side is exploding. Demand? I dunno man.

Isn’t that the nature of the paradox; that we can’t predict where the demand comes from and yet it does?

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