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Re:Goodreads was the future of book reviews. Then Amazon bou... by carlosjobim on Monday July 03, 2023 @03:08PM (#36577479)
> Unfortunately that's exactly why so many startups get bought.

Everything that gets bought gets sold as well. The founders of the companies are willfully and eagerly selling the companies they created. Who are you to ban it? Then you have to chain them to their desks and force them to try to dedicate the rest of their lives to the business.

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Re:Goodreads was the future of book reviews. Then Amazon bou... by ClumsyPilot on Monday July 03, 2023 @07:34PM (#36580213)
> Who are you to ban it?

this is a terrible argument.

Some people sell their kidneys. Some people sold their own children. Some people even sold themselves into slavery. Who are you to judge?

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Re:Goodreads was the future of book reviews. Then Amazon bou... by carlosjobim on Monday July 03, 2023 @07:45PM (#36580300)
What are you talking about? If you ban people from selling their business they will just shut it down if they don't want to continue. Who is better off from that?

Or you have to force people to continue with their businesses, which is akin to trying to force an artist or athlete to continue to be at top level. You can't force that, no matter how many hackers agree with you.

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