Software Is Becoming a Commodity

flooding the market with apps — many targeting niche problems that previously “would never warrant VC money or a dev team”.
. In the next 1–2 years, expect intensified competition in every software segment, and commoditization of all “table-stakes” features
If individual apps become commoditized, where will the value concentrate? Likely in the meta-layers above the apps — the aggregators, orchestrators, and AI “agents” that help users navigate a world of countless software options
as the unit of software shifts from monolithic application to flexible AI-assembled capabilities, the value will shift to those who organize and channel the multitude of cheap apps
If an app is essentially a nice UI on top of a common function (a basic CRUD database with a pretty interface), expect it to be cannibalized by the ecosystem

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