'Taste is only a temporary moat': X debate on what users will pay for in AI era
MxMnr · x · 2026-10-15
@MxMnr asserts that "taste is only a temporary moat," responding to @wwwjim's point that as AI lets anyone build things themselves, the industry must find a new boundary — what people will pay for over making it themselves — which may require thinking less about taste and more about want/desire.
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