The reason is that all the novelty is in coming up with the feature itself.
This is a very good point. Often times knowing the feature you need to implement is the really hard thing. Once you've decided on that, it's trivial to implement, even if you're the first to do it.
This is a very good point. Often times knowing the feature you need to implement is the really hard thing. Once you've decided on that, it's trivial to implement, even if you're the first to do it.