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This website makes the error of assuming that being criticized on HN automatically implies your idea is not marketable.

Every point about ChatGPT and Claude Code is true. Not only is their material value detached from reality (as tends to be the case in hype cycles), but a few of the criticisms, especially the first about ChatGPT are about the social impact and not how much money the idea can make.

Feels dishonest to me.

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It's a viewpoint issue: how you define success is what makes the difference here.

To someone that just made a few billion and who externalized the cost of that billion, say 100 billion onto society they are successful. From the point of view of society they just cost us all a fortune. But we don't judge the winners by social impact but by the size of their bankroll.

Not everyone shares this view. Some have a different definition of winners and losers.

Yes, that's what I said.

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