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FYI dang they kinda ripped off our product down to copying the UI (Hedra.com). Our model is about 12x faster and supports 4 minute long videos…

play_nice_now 2y ago
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- mjlbach 2y ago
  I welcome competition, but they have made disingenuous claims about being first after having chatted with our team (in person), are using celebrity deepfakes for their advertising, and have 1-1 copied our UI down to the three panel mobile layout and autocrop button.
  - Yiin 2y ago
    To be fair your UI looks much better and the layout of both these sites is so basic (not a bad thing), it should be the last thing to worry about. Better product will win so focus on that, because except for ones ego, no one else cares who's "first".
  - jameshart 2y ago
    You've expressed this concern, and your comment has been upvoted. The brigade of newly registered users echoing these talking points on this topic is not necessary and undermines your point.
    - mjlbach 2y ago
      I understand your implication, however I’m not behind any brigading.
- tsunamifury 2y ago
  Lame
- Banditoz 2y ago
  Why did you make a brand new account to comment this?
shermantanktop 2y ago
Fwiw, you’ve got one video on your homepage and everything else is locked behind a signup button. I know that signup requirement is an article of faith amongst some startup types, but it’s not a surprise to me shareable examples lead to sharing.
- mjlbach 2y ago
  We have a sign-up because we ensure users accept our terms of service and acceptable use policy before creating their first video, which affirms they understand how their data is used (legally required in most US states) and will not use our technology to cause harm.
  - KTibow 2y ago
    You can have that without a sign up.
  - mhuffman 2y ago
    >legally required in most US states Funny how other sites can do this with a birthday dropdown, an IP address, and a checkbox. >We have a sign-up because we ensure users accept our terms of service and acceptable use policy before creating their first video So your company would have no problem going on record saying that they will never email you for any reason, including marketing, and your email will never be shared or sold even in the event of a merger or acquisition? Because this is the problem people have with sign-up ... and the main reason most start-ups want it. I am not necessarily for or against required sign-ups, but I do understand people that are adamantly against them.
  - d13 2y ago
    99% of visitors will just hit the back button.
  - squarefoot 2y ago
    Do you realize that this or similar technology will eventually end in every computer really soon? By building walls, you're essentially asking your potential users to go elsewhere. You should be as open as possible now that there is still room and time for competition.
nprateem 2y ago
This is such a lame comment. It reflects very badly on you company.
- bschmidt1 2y ago
  Especially considering how many people are attempting something similar - for example everyone copied ChatGPT's UI. Will be funny/ironic when the first AI companies start suing each other for copyright infringement. Personally for me the "3 column" UI isn't that good anyway, I would have gone with an "MMO Character Creation" type UX for this.
  - sidneyprimas 2y ago
    Interesting! Are you saying you would first want tools to really design your character, and only after start making videos with the character you built? That's interesting.
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the__alchemist 2y ago
This thread has opened my eyes to how many similar products exist; beyond your companies' and OP's. Was yours the first? Could the other companies make the same claim about yours? Do you make the same claim about the others?

play_nice_now 2y ago

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mjlbach 2y ago
I welcome competition, but they have made disingenuous claims about being first after having chatted with our team (in person), are using celebrity deepfakes for their advertising, and have 1-1 copied our UI down to the three panel mobile layout and autocrop button.
- Yiin 2y ago
  To be fair your UI looks much better and the layout of both these sites is so basic (not a bad thing), it should be the last thing to worry about. Better product will win so focus on that, because except for ones ego, no one else cares who's "first".
- jameshart 2y ago
  You've expressed this concern, and your comment has been upvoted. The brigade of newly registered users echoing these talking points on this topic is not necessary and undermines your point.
  - mjlbach 2y ago
    I understand your implication, however I’m not behind any brigading.
tsunamifury 2y ago
Lame
Banditoz 2y ago
Why did you make a brand new account to comment this?

shermantanktop 2y ago

Fwiw, you’ve got one video on your homepage and everything else is locked behind a signup button. I know that signup requirement is an article of faith amongst some startup types, but it’s not a surprise to me shareable examples lead to sharing.

mjlbach 2y ago
We have a sign-up because we ensure users accept our terms of service and acceptable use policy before creating their first video, which affirms they understand how their data is used (legally required in most US states) and will not use our technology to cause harm.
- KTibow 2y ago
  You can have that without a sign up.
- mhuffman 2y ago
  >legally required in most US states Funny how other sites can do this with a birthday dropdown, an IP address, and a checkbox. >We have a sign-up because we ensure users accept our terms of service and acceptable use policy before creating their first video So your company would have no problem going on record saying that they will never email you for any reason, including marketing, and your email will never be shared or sold even in the event of a merger or acquisition? Because this is the problem people have with sign-up ... and the main reason most start-ups want it. I am not necessarily for or against required sign-ups, but I do understand people that are adamantly against them.
- d13 2y ago
  99% of visitors will just hit the back button.
- squarefoot 2y ago
  Do you realize that this or similar technology will eventually end in every computer really soon? By building walls, you're essentially asking your potential users to go elsewhere. You should be as open as possible now that there is still room and time for competition.

nprateem 2y ago

This is such a lame comment. It reflects very badly on you company.

bschmidt1 2y ago
Especially considering how many people are attempting something similar - for example everyone copied ChatGPT's UI. Will be funny/ironic when the first AI companies start suing each other for copyright infringement. Personally for me the "3 column" UI isn't that good anyway, I would have gone with an "MMO Character Creation" type UX for this.
- sidneyprimas 2y ago
  Interesting! Are you saying you would first want tools to really design your character, and only after start making videos with the character you built? That's interesting.

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the__alchemist 2y ago

This thread has opened my eyes to how many similar products exist; beyond your companies' and OP's. Was yours the first? Could the other companies make the same claim about yours? Do you make the same claim about the others?