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BUSINESS · Software products and digital systems · Open since 2026-10-07
Is selling software still a viable business?
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Customers still pay for finished software products.
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Selling software is becoming very hard.
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- @Zyyon_It will touch everybody including big tech. Software is dead.2026-10-06 · Source ↗not in the panel
- @GeoffreyHuntleyif you are selling software (seperate of selling infrastructure) things are about to get very very hard for your business.2026-10-07 · Source ↗
- @skiranoGood software alone is no longer defensible. Anything can be recreated, remixed, or repurposed.2026-10-08 · Source ↗
- @turingou软件分发（销售）的确已经没有意义了，所有软件本质上都成为了开源软件。已经存在的专业软件被代替只是时间问题，这迫切让我思考软件到底还能以什么方式存续并盈利。2026-10-08 · Source ↗
- @atsしかしAIによって「似た機能を作るコスト」が急激に下がるなら、その蓄積は以前ほど強い参入障壁ではなくなる。2026-10-08 · Source ↗not in the panel
Only software tied to hard-to-copy assets stays viable.
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- @evan_tarvClaude Code made it easy to build a SaaS product. It didn't make it any easier to build a SaaS company.2026-10-06 · Source ↗not in the panel
Software stays viable only if it improves with AI.
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- @akansha_aiOne model release can turn years of product development into a feature.2026-10-03 · Source ↗not in the panel