• JoeCoT@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Spoiler: it fits very few company’s business models. Some companies can avoid it, if their owners/board want to. But once they take venture capital, or go public, they lose that choice. And that “don’t be evil” promise, and most any other, is void.

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      once they go public, the only goal is MOAR MONEY! reddit will also fall into this trap when/if they go public.

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        Reddit already fell into the trap a while ago. They’ve started walking into a cave they found in a trap, and now it’s so bad that we are here.