the next VC driven company…
With you so far
that focuses more on growth than profit
Ah - there’s your problem. VC companies simply don’t do that.
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anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
When is the next VC driven company that focuses more on growth than profit coming? I feel Netflix and all the other streaming services are ripe to be overtaken in the same way Netflix overtook tv channel packaging.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
The investors focus on growth first, then they enshittify. They were just saying it’s time to start that cycle again.
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Ah - there’s your problem. VC companies simply don’t do that.
They most certainly do and then either cash in by selling to the next more risk adverse VC or sells it at a loss if they believe the company failed to disrupt the market.
markz@suppo.fi 4 days ago
Ah - there’s your problem. VC companies simply don’t do that.
That is exactly what VC companies do. That’s why they need the VC money. First you conquer the market at a loss. Only when users have no other options to escape to, you start squeezing them.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Well if they stay private and don’t let the other companies just buy them out when they are small to squash the competition. Otherwise it’s impossible to be a disruptor now.
HailSeitan@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Mandatory licensing of video content to anyone who can pay for it (similar to what the music industry does) is the only thing that the might disrupt the streaming industry, like a sort of Paramount Decrees for the streaming age, since monopolies on originals is what keeps people locked in
fonix232@fedia.io 4 days ago
To streaming?
Never.
Streaming is a finite market that is already covered. The moment old money (aka existing media companies) jumped on it, it was done for.
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
I definitely understand your view and personally don’t see a way to disrupt the market either. I just hope someone else finds a way.