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> Companies build what consumers want. This isn't at all true. If it were, WeWork and Uber and Doordash would all be profitable and wouldn't need eye-watering
by rchaud 4y ago
> Companies build what consumers want.
This isn't at all true. If it were, WeWork and Uber and Doordash would all be profitable and wouldn't need eye-watering levels of subsidies. Companies build whatever the purse strings holder is comfortable with them building.
- melling 4y agoSure, people try all kinds of ideas…. The “Uber of…” I suppose I should have said “successful companies”
- JohnFen 4y agoCompanies can and do succeed selling things people don't really want.
- gruez 4y ago> Companies build what consumers want. AFAIK uber/doordash are profitable on a per unit basis in most developed markets, it's just a combination of marketing spend in new markets and extravagant developer salaries that make them lose money.