• Em Adespoton
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    704 months ago

    My general rule is: “if they have data they can sell, sooner or later they will.”

    There are very few corporations that have proved me wrong.

      • @Tja
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        104 months ago

        Steam?

          • sunzu
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            54 months ago

            Founder led business, it won’t last 2 ceos after Gabe exits.

            This just the corp culture in the US. Parasites swarm companies to destroy them for profit.

            • chingadera
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              14 months ago

              Dude could have exited at like infinite most profitable points by now.

                • @TopCoffee
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                  13 months ago

                  Exactly. It is getting more common to set up non-profit foundations in such situations. Disclosure: There’s a lot of legal stuff I don’t understand but I think the idea is that by having a non-profit entity that is focused on the “mission” and not profits, they will be more able to make the good long-term, decisions a founder might make instead of whatever makes investors the most money.

      • Em Adespoton
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        54 months ago

        That’s because they’re all out of business or bought up by their competitors.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 months ago

        Discord.

        I will probably get downvoted because Lemmy has a hate boner for Discord, but they don’t sell any user data.