[scarface74]

So they were “not evil” as long as they were being funded by investors and didn’t have a self sustaining business plan...

[fenwick67]

This is a common pattern that companies follow; make a good product now, make money later. Many products become crappy and companies go sour when they turn this corner.

[scarface74]

If a profit seeking company makes a product that isn’t profitable, how can it be considered “good”?

[fenwick67]

I'm speaking from a user/customer's perspective.

[scarface74]

Even from a user’s perspective, if a product is not profitable, it will either disappear or the company will have to do something user-hostile to achieve profitability.

I like simple business models. I give the company money and they give me stuff.

[elcomet]

What if it provides positive value for whole society ?

[taneq]

What was it, again, that we refer to as "the root of all evil"?

[scarface74]

It’s the love of money....