[eloisant]

No, all the bloggers I was reading on the old web were paying for their hosting a few bucks a month and no VC were involved.

Some of them included ads but they were mostly in a sidebar.

[mrtksn]

They were paying for the costs? Then they were the VC. Some of them actually grew to be huge and wealthy.

[makapuf]

You equate VC with tracking and then equate VC with anyone that provides money whatever the intention. By that logic, you imply that anyone providing money (including a mom for his 14yo son) will track everyone and gather a lot of stats and push an app ? Remember WhatsApp did cost a few bucks a year and was self sufficient, it was bought by fb not because of cost of operation but to ensure market share.

[pjc50]

me paying $5 to wordpress: i'm a venture capitalist now mom

(seriously, this is a very silly way of using terms to cover extremely small amounts of capital)

[ValentineC]

Did you mean paying for PHP site hosting instead, or paying to remove ads on the WordPress.com SaaS?

[mrtksn]

The size of the capital doesn't change the reality of the financial structure.

[mathgorges]

I don’t think I understand the argument that you’re making.

Are you saying that anyone that pays for anything is a venture capitalist?

That doesn’t seem like a very useful definition, so I think I’ve misunderstood you ’:-)

[dym_sh]

> «if you use money — you are a capitalist»