Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F...
by sien on Thursday December 08, 2016 @06:12PM
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The model of trying to land smart people with perks like kitchens, foosball tables, Aeron chairs and all the rest and hope that they come up with something that makes lots of money was what many companies tried in the first Dot Com boom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble#Free_spending
Offhand examples are the list of failed companies on that page.