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So they convinced greedy likely AI-pilled investors. Hearing their name still gives the ick, and anything they're involved in. Why does the sentiment around her

So they convinced greedy likely AI-pilled investors. Hearing their name still gives the ick, and anything they're involved in. Why does the sentiment around here not translate? Some history from only the past year in discussions: Bending Spoons acquires Vimeo for $1.38B https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45197302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45197302 AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5B https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45749161 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45749161 Bending Spoons Acquires Eventbrite https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124673 Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46707699 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46707699

wildzzz 4mo ago
So they buy up aging dinosaurs well beyond their life expectancy and do what exactly? Wring it for every dollar they can? Is there any real innovation going on at Bending Spoons and its subsideries? They sound like slumlords: buy a house that's solid but needs some TLC, renovate using the cheapest, builder grade materials they can find, and then rent it out for way more than what it's worth.