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I have a feeling the industry will sink a lot deeper a lot faster now that a16z has got their eyes on this goose, salivating at the thought of squeezing ""value

I have a feeling the industry will sink a lot deeper a lot faster now that a16z has got their eyes on this goose, salivating at the thought of squeezing ""value"" out of what remains of it. RIP.

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chomp 2y ago
I thought the same thing as soon as they wrote the statement about the value of the market being $50B. That private equity is remarking on its market size means they are definitely sizing up how to squeeze it. A16z has no shame and it shows here.
- xattt 2y ago
  Given that certain portion of the anime fan crowd is somewhat socially vulnerable, a private equity firm stepping into this space will no doubt create some predatory scenarios.
ChrisArchitect 2y ago
Ya, my first reaction was I'm not taking advice from a16z on what's "eating the world".
dogleash 2y ago
>salivating at the thought of squeezing ""value"" out of what remains of it I'm amused at their assumption that they can squeeze tighter than the currently existing notoriously abusive segment of the market. Also, the way they talk about exploiting parasocail relationships, I'm assuming their next big announcement will be funding a startup that is a call center to handle texting on behalf of onlyfans creators.
- ethbr1 2y ago
  New Dragonball-level animation budgets? Which is to say, a few dollars over $0?
postsantum 2y ago
I can see the globohomo corporate memphis images being replaced with globohomo anime characters
- science4sail 2y ago
  Maybe if you live in an Anglophone country. In East Asian countries, anime-style corporate mascots are everywhere!
- phatfish 2y ago
  That sentence required a lot of Googling.
  - lioeters 2y ago
    > Used to sarcastically denote the predominant philosophy espoused by the Western economic elite, formally known as "neoliberalism". It combines ruthless capitalism by transnational corporations with a façade of socially-liberal politics. > The ultimate end state of Globohomo is one in which all sexual, ethnic, racial and national identity is broken down, leaving the demoralized masses to work for $12 an hour in an Amazon warehouse while a small cadre of billionaires rule over them.
chrishare 2y ago
Right. Between crypto shilling and this, A16Z is about extracting profit, and not about principled value creation or problem solving.
FridgeSeal 2y ago
2 of their listed categories are also shamelessly AI focused, so you can really see them lining up the investor-catnip. Would be nice if VC’s would go destroy something of theirs for once, and leave everyone else out of it.
geraldwhen 2y ago
I doubt it. Anime is popular because people like it. A16z is incapable of producing something people like.
- pelagicAustral 2y ago
  They can always buy the IP and trash it into oblivion, many such cases...

I have a feeling the industry will sink a lot deeper a lot faster now that a16z has got their eyes on this goose, salivating at the thought of squeezing ""value"" out of what remains of it. RIP.

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chomp 2y ago

I thought the same thing as soon as they wrote the statement about the value of the market being $50B. That private equity is remarking on its market size means they are definitely sizing up how to squeeze it. A16z has no shame and it shows here.

xattt 2y ago
Given that certain portion of the anime fan crowd is somewhat socially vulnerable, a private equity firm stepping into this space will no doubt create some predatory scenarios.

ChrisArchitect 2y ago

Ya, my first reaction was I'm not taking advice from a16z on what's "eating the world".

dogleash 2y ago

>salivating at the thought of squeezing ""value"" out of what remains of it I'm amused at their assumption that they can squeeze tighter than the currently existing notoriously abusive segment of the market. Also, the way they talk about exploiting parasocail relationships, I'm assuming their next big announcement will be funding a startup that is a call center to handle texting on behalf of onlyfans creators.

ethbr1 2y ago
New Dragonball-level animation budgets? Which is to say, a few dollars over $0?

postsantum 2y ago

I can see the globohomo corporate memphis images being replaced with globohomo anime characters

science4sail 2y ago
Maybe if you live in an Anglophone country. In East Asian countries, anime-style corporate mascots are everywhere!
phatfish 2y ago
That sentence required a lot of Googling.
- lioeters 2y ago
  > Used to sarcastically denote the predominant philosophy espoused by the Western economic elite, formally known as "neoliberalism". It combines ruthless capitalism by transnational corporations with a façade of socially-liberal politics. > The ultimate end state of Globohomo is one in which all sexual, ethnic, racial and national identity is broken down, leaving the demoralized masses to work for $12 an hour in an Amazon warehouse while a small cadre of billionaires rule over them.

chrishare 2y ago

Right. Between crypto shilling and this, A16Z is about extracting profit, and not about principled value creation or problem solving.

FridgeSeal 2y ago

2 of their listed categories are also shamelessly AI focused, so you can really see them lining up the investor-catnip. Would be nice if VC’s would go destroy something of theirs for once, and leave everyone else out of it.

geraldwhen 2y ago

I doubt it. Anime is popular because people like it. A16z is incapable of producing something people like.

pelagicAustral 2y ago
They can always buy the IP and trash it into oblivion, many such cases...