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Re:Google AMP lowered our page speed, and there's no choice ... by 0815test on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @10:15PM (#19630571)
They could. But if they commit to relinquishing control of their enterprise to outside VC investors (as practically all SV companies do; there's no such thing as a self-bootstrapped unicorn!) they won't.
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Re:Google AMP lowered our page speed, and there's no choice ... by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @10:40PM (#19630687)
If you want an example of a tech company that actually decided to prioritize public good, I'd present Kickstarter, which has specifically registered itself as a public benefit corporation. They are admittedly a lot smaller, and I'm sure there were a lot of situational details that made it possible, but they did it.
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Re:Google AMP lowered our page speed, and there's no choice ... by manigandham on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:26PM (#19638229)
There are billion-dollar companies like Zoho and Atlassian that have been bootstrapped.
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Re:Google AMP lowered our page speed, and there's no choice ... by 0815test on Thursday April 11, 2019 @07:26PM (#19640335)
Atlassian and Zoho are B2B enterprise shops. Not unicorns, and not facing the same bad incentives as consumer-facing companies.
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Re:Google AMP lowered our page speed, and there's no choice ... by manigandham on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:53PM (#19640887)
A unicorn are startups that have gone to become worth at least $1 billion. That's it. B2B is not relevant to that classification.
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