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0 pointsinfecto11mo ago0 comments

“It's like a wrapper for some APIs, right?”

Don’t be sorry it shows your true colors. The point stands that you continue to step around. Cursor and other tools like it are more than a trivial wrapper but of course you have never used them so you have no idea. At least give yourself some exposure before projecting.

Dropbox is still a $5+bn business. Cursor is still growing, will it work out, I don’t know but lots of folks are seeing the value in these tools and I suspect we have not hit peak yet with the current generation. I am not sure what a service business like a small biz website builder has to do with Cursor or other companies in adjacent spaces.

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ForHackernews11mo ago· 1 in thread

What "true colors"? I think I've been pretty consistent that I think Cursor is a commodity. You're surprisingly hostile and defensive about your preferred autocomplete plugin. You're right, I haven't used Cursor, but I've used similar tools like Copilot.

Your characterization of hosting as "a small biz website builder" is revealing. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GDDY/ is the one that made it and is now a $24B firm, but there were at least dozens of these companies floating around in the early 2000s.

Why are you so sure Cursor is the new GoDaddy and not the new Tripod? https://www.tripod.lycos.com/

infectoOP11mo ago

You’ve been dismissive from the start without any real engagement with the product. I pointed out that you haven’t used Cursor, and rather than reflect on that, you’ve responded with sarcasm and condescension.

The only person being defensive here is you. My point was simple: tools like Cursor are more than just “wrappers.” Whether it becomes a massive business or not, revenue is growing, and clearly many users find enough value to justify the subscription. You don’t have to like it but writing it off without firsthand experience just weakens your argument.

At this point, you’re debating a product you haven’t tried, in a market you’re not tracking. Maybe sit this one out unless you have something constructive to say beyond “it’s just a wrapper”.