> Not really. Dividends are how investors have historically gotten a return. Both are. Either way, investors demand some sort of compensation for their invest

> Not really. Dividends are how investors have historically gotten a return. Both are. Either way, investors demand some sort of compensation for their investment once the company matures. If this didn't happen, there would be no incentive to invest. > Now that hasn't been much of a thing, especially not with tech companies for the last 20 years And this is a problem, although once tech companies mature they generally do return money to shareholders in one way or another. Microsoft, IBM and Apple pay dividends, Dell bought out shareholders, for example.