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Re:The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future rev... by village-idiot on Saturday December 29, 2018 @09:24PM (#18786975)
Size is not insurance against failure. Go ask Novell.
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Re:The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future rev... by manigandham on Saturday December 29, 2018 @09:54PM (#18787066)
Nobody is claiming that it is. The point is that single-digit growth is fine when you're big because they are percentages.

The 1000% growth when you're a startup does not exist when you're worth half a trillion.

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Re:The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future rev... by village-idiot on Saturday December 29, 2018 @10:12PM (#18787126)
True, it just depends how fast your next competitor is growing.
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