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by anon400232 1305 days ago
> You have the option already to hold on for 5 years+.

The difference is having the option. :) Behavior tends to be different if you don't have the option to sell during a window of time.

In this hypothetical case it might serve as a built-in grace period. Companies that otherwise might have failed if measured and punished quarter by quarter might have time to build a product over five year time horizon.