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I'm so sick of the self-righteous moralizing and bullshit by the tech elites and the news companies that help push that narrative. Brian Acton didn't create wh

by qubax 8y ago

I'm so sick of the self-righteous moralizing and bullshit by the tech elites and the news companies that help push that narrative. Brian Acton didn't create whatsapp to "do good". Facebook wasn't created to "do good". Google wasn't formed to "do good". People create companies to make money. Why is this so hard for people to understand? The guy spent 3 years creating a silly messaging app and growing a userbase and sold it for $20 billion. It's like winning the lottery. Maybe he feels guilty. But stop with the patting of one's back and pretending to fallen saints. He knew well enough what selling whatsapp ( a company that didn't make a single penny ) to facebook for $20 billion meant. Monetization. I would have also sold a shitty messaging app I worked on for 3 years to FB for $20 billion. But I wouldn't go around pretending I was a saint who got hoodwinked afterwards. Besides, even if the guy didn't sell to FB, he would have had to monetize and sellout eventually because he had venture capitalists to satisfy. These slimeballs are trying to eat the cake and have it too.

unethical_ban 8y ago
I'm so sick of these rants that claim there is no motivation in creating a business other than to make money. There can be no passion for something, there can be no vision for a better future or a way to improve communities. No, every business can only be focused on maximizing profit, and damn the consequences. That is a load of horseshit, and that view only serves to perpetuate that stereotype. To be sustaining is what a businesses needs to survive, but many businesses have missions an ethos of doing good as well.
makecheck 8y ago
We live in a society that requires money just to survive. How can any venture not have money as a goal? Therefore, it’s always at least about money but probably more than that. And when you consider the time investment and risk associated with a startup, it might be a loss if you’re only considering the money.

by qubax 8y ago

unethical_ban 8y ago

I'm so sick of these rants that claim there is no motivation in creating a business other than to make money. There can be no passion for something, there can be no vision for a better future or a way to improve communities. No, every business can only be focused on maximizing profit, and damn the consequences. That is a load of horseshit, and that view only serves to perpetuate that stereotype. To be sustaining is what a businesses needs to survive, but many businesses have missions an ethos of doing good as well.

makecheck 8y ago

We live in a society that requires money just to survive. How can any venture not have money as a goal? Therefore, it’s always at least about money but probably more than that. And when you consider the time investment and risk associated with a startup, it might be a loss if you’re only considering the money.