The life of any app is measured in years, the best of which is when you sell to a "larger organization that can use its widespread exposure to further grow the

The life of any app is measured in years, the best of which is when you sell to a "larger organization that can use its widespread exposure to further grow the community" while it dies a couple of years later. Just look at Yahoo!'s portfolio. Arrington wanting his baby back is a bunch of BS. Reddit would be an anomaly, I'm happy to say, although it still has a ways to grow out of its niche.