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It just seems like "democratize" is one of those new startup buzzwords. But yes, it seems like really what they want to do is bring it to market, and by democr

by cbanek 10y ago

It just seems like "democratize" is one of those new startup buzzwords. But yes, it seems like really what they want to do is bring it to market, and by democratize, they mean have everyone buy it.

kabes 10y ago
Yep, No one was taking "disrupt" serious anymore, so they needed a new word to strip from its meaning.
- cbanek 10y ago
  It's official. HN has disturbed democratization.
- ericjang 10y ago
  Did you mean 'disrupt'? Hadn't heard of "disturb" before used in startup lingo.
  - woah 10y ago
    I like it. "How This Startup Is Disturbing The Equipment Financing Market" "A startup is disturbing the consulting industry" "16 Startups Poised to Disturb the Education Market"
  - kabes 10y ago
    Woops, meant to say disrupt of course.
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olalonde 10y ago
I'm not a buzzword historian but I'm fairly sure "democratize" has been around for a while: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratization_of_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratization_of_technology