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I think they stickiness is less about the difficulty of switching and more about the lack of desire. I’ve been using Claude since day one, it works well and I’m happy, I like it. I’m sure Codex is good too. Switching from one to the other certainly isn’t going to be a game changer, the discourse shows me the differences are marginal.

Probably the only reasons I would seek change are economical.

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A sticky product is one that switching away from creates a major hassle. Which means the user will pay more to avoid said hassle.

“I don’t really have a strong preference between the two” is another way of saying “the product isn’t sticky”, which is another way of saying “this provider has very little room to increase margins”

No, I don’t think so, and searching seems to confirm my view. Inconvenience of switching is just one aspect.

There’s little difference between Coke and Pepsi and the barrier to switching is nil, yet clearly the products have stickiness. People have slight preferences and become familiar with the brand and then engagement becomes habitual.

The effects on margins are irrelevant to this.

Convergence in coding makes them highly substitutable. But I could see harnesses configured for different purposes -- let's say, a harness for creating teaching plans -- being able to cater to its audience better than a coding harness. Maybe it's got tools to plug into standardized curricula, what the lesson books will be, what other lesson plans the district's teachers have made, etc., which could be done in a clunky way in a regular harness but could be streamlined.

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