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>growth-focused products Yuck, no thanks. Can we just have good products?

• groby_b 5y ago
  What do you think pays for these good products? Building high-quality software costs money. If you produce consumer software, growth is a must to finance that. Some smaller efforts can certainly live with organic growth, but it's rare.
  • capableweb 5y ago
    > If you produce consumer software, growth is a must to finance that That's not true. You need to be profitable in order to finance the expenses, yes, but you don't need growth beyond that, unless you're aiming for something more. Fast growth is not the only way to finance something, and if you're aiming to build something long-term, fast growth is actually working against you.
    • wmf 5y ago
      If you're not growth-focused but your competitor is, they can afford N times more developers.
      • jtbayly 5y ago
        Not if that growth isn’t profitable. And even if it was, that has nothing to do with whether you can provide a good and profitable product.
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