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Incredible how fast successful startups shut the door in front of their customers.

• phoe-krk 2y ago
  These aren't their customers. The likes of OpenAI are.
  • ethbr1 2y ago
    That's the nice thing about (hypothetical) robust anti-trust enforcement... it makes sure the best customers are actual users.
    • runjake 2y ago
      How?
      • ethbr1 2y ago
        By substantially increasing the risks to (or outright preventing) purchases by competitors or conglomerates. Consequently, actually running, growing a business, and making your users happy becomes a more reliable path to wealth. Unlike today.
  • tom_ 2y ago
    A lot of Startup World makes no sense until you think about things this way. The actual company is the founders and associates (early employees, investors, etc.). The product being sold is the company. Larger companies who might wish to buy it are the true customers. Later employees, "products" and "services", "customers", all that nonsense - marketing materials.
• deleted 2y ago
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