"What happens when software features, UX, and visual fidelity aren't competitive advantages anymore?"
This is the question I've been thinking about. All can be copied very easily and in scale these days.
This is the question I've been thinking about. All can be copied very easily and in scale these days.
I'd argue that a well thought UX isn't easy to copy in the first place because it's not something that can easily be put into word.
It's the same for a lot of things, I have some clothes that I love because of their, design, quality and more ... something intangible that I have hard time describing and that can easily be explained with: It was done with taste.
Invent something novel, get patent, you have exclusive economic rights to that for however long the patent lasts.
You can start by copying but at some point you'll have to differentiate, and you might not be able to do so if you don't understand how your sloppy vibe-copied software works.