Beyond the common business/pricing strategy used nowadays, well funded startups have been subsidizing users to gain traction, and it's concerning that we are on

Beyond the common business/pricing strategy used nowadays, well funded startups have been subsidizing users to gain traction, and it's concerning that we are only now realizing this. In a way, what well-funded startups have been doing for years is a form of dumping, even if it isn't legally wrong. Startups with superior products, but without the capacity to subsidize users, often fail. In my opinion, this is a discussion that we need to have in the startup community.