So money moves in a circle between Cursor and AI model companies, while still generating costs far higher than what users pay. How is this going to help with anything, regarding finances.
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2025
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look, that sounds like a "this afternoon" problem
it's probably not something you could understand without fat rails of cocaine
how Silicon Valley’s made its money for the past 20 years
So much for silicon valley’s ability to innovate.
Aside: it sucks that SV chuds are developing a future where surveillance capitalism is operating at peak capacity and there’s no privacy by default. And it also sucks that most of them believe that this is going to be some kind of utopian, transhumanist future. Augh.
How do you enshittify shit?
enterprise code is already shit and vibe coding has made it worse, if they train on this the model collapse should be glorious
Not to mention, Cursor's going to be training on a lot of highly sensitive material (sensitive data, copyrighted code, potential trade secrets) - the moment that shit starts to leak, all hell's gonna break loose on the legal front.
With AI, of course
Models not profitable.
If cursor can't make it work, no company can. Bubble pop incoming.
Startup carcass in alley this morning. Tire tread on burst bubble. This Valley is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The prediction markets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the techbros will drown. The accumulated filth of all their microdosing and Soylent will foam up about their waists and all the accelerationists and effective altruists will look up and shout "Save us!"
And I'll whisper, maybe later.
Now, you might object: Anysphere wouldn’t be abusing just their customers’ data. Their customers’ customers’ data may have non-disclosure agreements with teeth. Then there’s personal data covered by the GDPR and so on.
If we're lucky, this will spook customers into running for the hills and hasten its demise. Whatever magical performance benefits Cursor's promising isn't gonna be worth getting blamed for a data breach.
If you're surprised by this, I've got a bridge to sell you.