[pmichaud]

I wrote about this years ago, I think on HN. I guess I wasn't cynical enough at the time because even as an outsider what you're saying seemed obvious to me, and I assumed the founders knew that. I thought maybe this pitch was useful at the beginning to get market penetration or something, but the real thing was to phase lawyers out almost entirely.

Maybe they really poured years and millions of dollars into a stupid idea, or maybe they just failed in a planned pivot?