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Man people really are looking for an excuse to hate on PG. One of the 200 companies they've funded does something spammy and all of a sudden it's "YC this", "PG
by tomasien 14y ago
Man people really are looking for an excuse to hate on PG. One of the 200 companies they've funded does something spammy and all of a sudden it's "YC this", "PG that".
It's great to bring it to his attention, but these dudes are the ones building the spam engine, PG was just one of many investors in the company. We can't know how much of this he knew beforehand, but he says he's investigating, which isn't even the point. I'm sure PG was keen on investigating this without everyone pointing fingers at him like he made the decision to create this spamware.
- SyneRyder 14y agoInstallMonetizer were in the Winter 2012 YC batch (according to their site & TechCrunch), but they've been around since mid 2010. The YC folks had to know that installing toolbars was InstallMonetizer's business model... surely? I don't want to hate on YC, I was just very surprised to hear they'd invested in this company, and I'm interested to hear what their reasons were.