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by disgruntledphd2 1708 days ago
Yup. Scaling marketing without accurate LTV's is normally a terrible idea. I've seen so many startups go bust because of mistakes here (especially if you have a long sales cycle/top heavy revenue (like most f2p games)).

But, as you said, the incentives point towards terrible outcomes, so this keeps happening.