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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by rchaud on Friday March 10, 2023 @10:08AM (#35095221)
> Companies build what consumers want.

This isn't at all true. If it were, WeWork and Uber and Doordash would all be profitable and wouldn't need eye-watering levels of subsidies. Companies build whatever the purse strings holder is comfortable with them building.

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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by melling on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:09AM (#35096241)
Sure, people try all kinds of ideas…. The “Uber of…”

I suppose I should have said “successful companies”

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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by JohnFen on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:27AM (#35096549)
Companies can and do succeed selling things people don't really want.
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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by gruez on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:41AM (#35096788)
> Companies build what consumers want.

AFAIK uber/doordash are profitable on a per unit basis in most developed markets, it's just a combination of marketing spend in new markets and extravagant developer salaries that make them lose money.

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