I agree with you that having a feature is useful now, which is why I specifically wrote in the article that it "isn't a long-term advantage."
Typically the "first-mover" advantage is one of marketing, not features. That is, you get a bunch of attention and hooked users so others have to compare with you and steal customers instead of having a green field.
Just having a "Feature" first can still be an advantage too, e.g. Apple's retinal display, but I still feel this isn't enough.
Also agreed that if you CONTINUALLY produce amazing unique features -- like Apple -- THAT is a competitive advantage, but just having one isn't.
Typically the "first-mover" advantage is one of marketing, not features. That is, you get a bunch of attention and hooked users so others have to compare with you and steal customers instead of having a green field.
Just having a "Feature" first can still be an advantage too, e.g. Apple's retinal display, but I still feel this isn't enough.
Also agreed that if you CONTINUALLY produce amazing unique features -- like Apple -- THAT is a competitive advantage, but just having one isn't.