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		spongebobstoes 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf that's not the market they're thinking of, they're thinking of the total amount of money spent on developers per year, globally, and capturing a percentage of that

citizenpaul 5 months ago | [–]

They are doing what they've always done skirting the edges of antitrust laws by buying up competitors before they become competitors so that they can shut them down.

cheriot 5 months ago | [–]

Will require a lot of barriers to entry to charge %. Not disagreeing with your statement of their thinking, but will be v surprised if that pans out.

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