I see, so the discussion has simply devolved into pointless generalities. I don’t see any sources claiming the company has been acquired (other HN comments don

I see, so the discussion has simply devolved into pointless generalities. I don’t see any sources claiming the company has been acquired (other HN comments don’t count), even if it was I haven’t seen any evidence that the investors are interested in undermining the sustainability of the business model. All of the doom and gloom comments in this thread are completely unsubstantiated, and seem to be mostly based on misunderstandings of how businesses actually operate. A company reliant on funding to operate needs to be very concerned with its valuation, a profitable company doesn’t to be to anywhere near the same level. Comments that amount to nothing more than “VC bad” should probably not get a free pass in a community supposedly devoted to “gratif[ying] one's intellectual curiosity”.