> No, no you don't

Yeah, yeah, he does. Not only C/C++ v. Java, but before that ASM v. C/C++.

> There will be no competition because lazy people and people who have never seen the world outside their web bubble will simply opt for the cheapest option.

This is what most people would consider an opportunity. Get off HN and write competing apps. If these are really "lazy" developers delivering "slow and bloated" apps, you should have no problem kicking their asses in the marketplace.

But you won't.