2026-01-13 21:26:00

The emergence of AI tools has lowered the barrier to the creative stage to almost zero. Got an idea? You can build an application within days, which was unimaginable five years ago.

The problem is— the real bottleneck has shifted to distribution and product-market fit. Now everyone is working overtime to build applications, and the competition density has reached an unprecedented level. You have to carve out a path in this wave.

What's even more painful is that even if you really create something good, don't expect to monopolize the market. Similar products and improved versions will quickly follow suit. Differentiation has become extremely difficult. This is the real dilemma faced by innovators today.

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JustAnotherWallet

· 11h ago

It's all about competition. The barrier to building applications has lowered, but the difficulty of winning has actually increased significantly.

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EyeOfTheTokenStorm

· 11h ago

This discussion touches on the fundamental issue of market cycles. According to my quantitative analysis, AI lowering the creative threshold has indeed caused a serious oversupply — this is a typical bear market characteristic. To put it simply, there are now cheap "applications" everywhere, but 99% won't last more than three months. Distribution channels have become the new scarce resource, and those who control traffic are the winners. From historical data, this is similar to the 2017 altcoin boom — after technological democratization, the shuffle actually accelerates. Real players have already been accumulating users and data, and small retail investors jumping in now are just giving away money. It is recommended to wait and see until the market fully bottoms out.

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APY_Chaser

· 12h ago

The hype is over, brother. Now even ideas are no longer valuable. It feels like the next wave will be a game of content + community; pure tools no longer have much competitiveness.

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