Comment by kcsavvy

3 days ago

I think you should be open to the idea that your competitors are not competing with you in the way you think they are. They may be fighting (and winning) elsewhere. Fundraising, customer acquisition, specific use cases, communities, niches, etc. Also, they might be losing. From the outside every company wants to look successful - raising money, hiring, growing, etc. The real story is almost never told, so you can’t assume much from the outside.

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bruce511  1 day ago

This exactly. Or put another way;

"Because you think the quality of the product matters."

If you want to get customers then the right focus is getting customers. Not making the product.

There are 2 of you. Your product is already better. Stop coding. Start marketing.

Like some others here, it's not something I would use, indeed I can't imagine using it, so I can't offer specific advice other than "find the market".

I'll also point out that you did the easy part first, which is your real mistake. Don't build a product then look for the market. Find the market first (that's the hard part) and build a product for them.