I'm OK being left behind, thanks

Re:I'm OK being left behind, thanks by irishcoffee on Friday March 20, 2026 @10:46AM (#47455338)

> In the 90s the same argument was directed at this new thing called the internet, and those who placed a bet on it being a fad ended up being forgotten by history.

Allow me to introduce you to the dot-com boom, where everyone who bet on the internet went broke.

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Re:I'm OK being left behind, thanks by aworks on Friday March 20, 2026 @03:22PM (#47459371)

The Google founders did ok.

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Re:I'm OK being left behind, thanks by irishcoffee on Saturday March 21, 2026 @12:20PM (#47468405)

Google raised only a single large round of institutional funding before going public, with the investors contributing $12.5 million

I can be much more specific about “everyone” if you’d like.

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