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Even if it was a threat, I don’t see why that’s a problem. Reddit is a multibillion dollar business. At that scale businesses routinely threaten each other - I.
by 542458 3y ago
Even if it was a threat, I don’t see why that’s a problem. Reddit is a multibillion dollar business. At that scale businesses routinely threaten each other - I.e., “If you sue us over patent A we will sue you over patents B, C, and D”. Apollo saying “If you move to kill my business I will deploy my consumer goodwill against you” is a completely reasonable thing to do.
- _cenw 3y agoBut that's not exactly what happened here. I'm totally with you on mobilizing your users to affect change, but this was asking for hush money instead of enabling Apollo to continue operating?
- 542458 3y ago“If you move to kill my business (instead of offering a reasonable exit i.e., acquiring it) I will deploy my consumer goodwill against you.”
- Spivak 3y agoWhich is basically just boring normal business leverage. "My customers are more loyal to my portal to your platform than your platform. You're literally putting me out of business so you can buy my app and keep running to keep those users for a price.
- plandis 3y agoIt wasn’t asking for hush money. The developer was asking to be acquired. It’s clear from the audio this wasn’t intended to be hush money.