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Then we're back to my initial point: they never should have started as one.

• Dr_tldr 10y ago
  I imagine you in a grocery store somewhere, railing against free samples. "You never should've given me a piece of sausage if you were going to start charging for them."
  • beedogs 10y ago
    That is possibly the worst analogy I've ever read on HN.
    • tripzilch 10y ago
      Only if you speak Dutch.
  • briandon 10y ago
    Not comparable since supermarket in-store free samples are tiny servings of a product you can purchase in the same establishment. Supermarkets wouldn't allow, much less encourage, anyone to consume large numbers of free samples instead of buying the actual for-sale product.
• dave2000 10y ago
  You're wrong. It would be awful to live somewhere where you get to choose which companies are allowed to start.
• taneq 10y ago
  The problem is that these sites start out as a small, useful service and then some VC with dollar signs in their eyes throws a few million dollars at them. The clothes make the primate, and suddenly what was three guys in a back room living on instant noodles feels obliged to "act like the million-dollar company that they are."