How? Software is by definition like _manufacturing_ a single item. Production (copying) is already free and maximally automated.
In two centuries we have made very little progress in automating development. I don't see that changing soon, especially not for software.
Dropbox and Uber, just to name a few, are technically very simply implemented, and had many competitors before and after them.
Especially in the startup scene no hard theoretical issues are solved anymore.
You don’t see a startup develop mpeg-5
How? Software is by definition like _manufacturing_ a single item. Production (copying) is already free and maximally automated.
In two centuries we have made very little progress in automating development. I don't see that changing soon, especially not for software.