Alibaba breaks itself up in six

Re:Alibaba breaks itself up in six by crop_rotation on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:27PM (#35427824)

This sounds good in theory but might not work in practice. None of them are profitable and depended on Tmall/Taobao for growth. Turning to the public markets would require sacrificing growth for profitability. There might be many other inter dependencies which might turn out costly to unwind.

What you are saying might be how it turns out in the end, but it is not a given.

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Re:Alibaba breaks itself up in six by eloff on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:45PM (#35428179)

Yes, nothing is a given when it comes to the stock market.

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Re:Alibaba breaks itself up in six by pclmulqdq on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:19PM (#35430669)

Endless growth of unprofitable services is what has given us crazy market distortions in the past. It's what gave us things like Groupon, Doordash, and Uber, too. Growth isn't always a good goal.

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