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This is a sign that distribution matters.

Doesn't matter how many Lovable clones there are. Everyone knows the name Lovable.

This caters to the overwhelming majority who cannot use tools like Claude Code or that prefer an all in one solution.

Open source models only help Lovable improve its own margins. They can stop paying the Anthropic or OpenAI tax and tailor the models to exactly their use case and UX.

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It's a sign of how much distribution matters to VCs. Whether that is enough in the medium- and long-term is unclear. I'm a bit skeptical but not very confident either way... which is part of the reason I am not a VC!

I think it's time we start questioning more of the valley's mindset when it comes to good business and software practices. From lived experience it typically results in unhealthy work environments at best and society destroying at worse. Is this really the best way to write software? I'd but my life's savings no, it's not. No way in hell.

Agree with this fully, I'm sure a lot of software engineers do too. Yet software is dominated by the valley. It's funny how easily money and greed manipulate the narrative while the majority suffer.

> Everyone knows the name Lovable.

not really. maybe last year.

Depends what you mean by distribution, they are spending an arm and a leg on paid acquisition

> Doesn't matter how many Lovable clones there are. Everyone knows the name Lovable.

That's AI hallucination.

I don't disagree about distribution, but absolutely no one I know outside the tech bubble knows what Lovable is or has even heard of it.

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