>However, if you need to throw money at it, it's also likely not doing a great job. There are plenty of reasons you need to throw money at it. For example, if

>However, if you need to throw money at it, it's also likely not doing a great job. There are plenty of reasons you need to throw money at it. For example, if the distribution is made by a third party (like Steam, if the project was a game), you're literally paying Steam to get your game distributed - and you could have a great game. I don't think Google and Facebook are the best examples, because the internet was quite a different place when they launched.