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Not at all. The OP was maintaining because the brand changed hands that it was somehow a scam, that feels quite disingenuous.
by Guthur 6y ago
Not at all. The OP was maintaining because the brand changed hands that it was somehow a scam, that feels quite disingenuous.
- kasey_junk 6y agoNewsweek was a bastion of print media for decades in the US. It would be similar to someone turning the BBC into a Christian news organization. The organization that took over Newsweek did it with the intention to improve their own credibility by banking on the name, while removing all the people and processes that built that credibility in the first place. If it’s not an outright scam it’s certainly approaching it.
- NeutronStar 6y agoIf you ever change your stance on an issue are you a scam?
- tclancy 6y agoConsider the anti-tracking browser extensions that gain enough popularity they get bought by ad tracking companies. Is that also legitimate?
- Guthur 6y agoSure it is if it's a legal transaction, I'm really not sure why it's so difficult to understand. The problem here is that many of you are projecting your own brand of morals on these deals, and many people may not share that perspective.
- pvg 6y agothat feels How would you assess the accuracy of that feeling without knowing or finding out about the facts being discussed? You're saying 'I know nothing about this at all but that isn't germane because the OP is giving me a disingenuous vibe'. It's a curiously strident, stridently incurious position.