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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" - Upton Sinclair Selling advertising space rath
by eevilspock 10y ago
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
- Upton Sinclair
Selling advertising space rather than selling one's purported product is the epitome of the dark forces and banal moral failure that DHH talks about. But most YC and SV startups owe their existance to advertising, and they are psychologically resistant to admit such moral failure, no matter how obvious the costs to society.
More detailed arguments against the ad-supported "business model": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7485773 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7485773
Also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8510227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8510227
- untilHellbanned 10y agoJust like the moral failure Sinclair refers to, HNers are pyschologically resistant to the mention of YC in a negative light. Expect an automatic 4 downvotes, just FYI.
- Gibbon1 10y agoI think the idea is to use advertising and finance to capture all the profits from brick and mortar corporations. Similar to a comment I saw from someone that worked at a stodgy old fabric manufacturer. They paid Oracle more in the last ten years for licensing than profits in the last 100.