Frontier labs have no choice but to build everything apps for user captivity
sull · x · 2026-10-01
Responding to discussion of AI labs building "everything apps," the author argues frontier labs have no choice but to make them as a captivity attempt — a bet that consumer super apps are driven by user retention and ecosystem lock-in rather than pure product ambition.
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