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Re:Ask HN: For a startup website to show customer logos, do ... by CharlesW on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @06:19PM (#32419131)
> But if the company itself isn't the actual customer, you don't lose anything by upsetting their legal/marketing team!

Well, those badge-worthy companies can preemptively ban your product as well as future business development/co-marketing opportunities. If you never see yourself having an actual relationship of any kind with those companies, and your ethical bar is that low, then you may decide it's worth it.

Certainly, many crypto companies are practicing this form of wishful thinking right now.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/29/23284330/helium-crypto-me...

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Re:Ask HN: For a startup website to show customer logos, do ... by skinnymuch on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:12PM (#32419614)
In the scheme of how corrupt and manipulative capitalism in general is, putting up company logos for any reason is far too unimportant to be a low ethical bar. Almost every corporation recognizable enough for their logo to matter are themselves 100x more problematic than their logo being put up
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