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Makes sense because it's a real estate - not a tech - company

• ravenstine 7y ago
  Granted, most "tech" companies probably aren't tech companies. We just consider them tech for the following reasons: - They're headquartered in Silicon Valley or some city like San Francisco, Portland, or New York. - They have an app. - They are adjacent to actual tech in some way. - They portray the image of being innovative in some way. WeWork has all of those, making them a "tech" company in the eyes of journalists and the average person, though for the life of me I don't know why someone would install the WeWork app.
  • WilliamEdward 7y ago
    WeWork is clearly less of a tech company than even this, because their app (which every company has now) is essentially no more technologically interesting than doing it all on paper. Uber for example would never exist without the app and its GPS technology. A clear difference imo.
    • ragebol 7y ago
      Only reason why Uber can't be on paper is due to the time factor inherent to the service: you need a taxi quickly and an office can be slower. I don't consider taxi companies as tech companies. Tinder also hasn't created any new technology AFAIK, could also work on paper.
      • derision 7y ago
        Tinder's matching algorithms, regardless of your opinion on whether or not they work, couldn't be feasibly done in paper.