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YC has made some questionable bets in the last few years. Quantity over quality?
by pharmakom 4y ago
YC has made some questionable bets in the last few years. Quantity over quality?
- truthwhisperer 4y agoyes I think good remark. This will hurt their brand for sure. Quick money making as it seems
- curiousgal 4y agoI stopped following their investments in like 2015 after they funded a startup that makes vegan condoms, whatever that is.
- mschuster91 4y agoI didn't know either so I went on a quick Google - turns out, conventional latex condoms are soaked in casein to make them smoother [1], and said casein is also responsible for the sour-ish odor. Vegan condoms and sex toys are made without casein or other animal-based byproducts. Fun fact: a lot [2] of consumer goods use animal-based byproducts either as technical agents (e.g. beer that's being filtered through fish bladders) or as outright ingredients (shampoo, perfume, ...). [1] https://www.greencondom.club/vegan https://www.greencondom.club/vegan [2] https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/products-you-didnt-know-contain-animal-ingredients/ https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/products-you...