Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by belter 1161 days ago
I comment on the decisions of the company management/ownership, not on the investment criteria of users of the stock market.

Yubico is free to do what they want with their business model. As an existing Yubico customer, I will be taking my business somewhere else, if they deviate from my priorities. They had a nice thing going on, and I am suggesting they consider their next steps. I know I will now keep them under increased scrutiny.

1 comments

> I comment on the decisions of the company management/ownership, not on the investment criteria of users of the stock market.

The purpose of my questioning is to shine light on the fact that these two things are related, which answers your original question of

> Why this need to always make more and more money?

I am sure Yubico’s owners and employees also want to maximize their compensation, but the fact that there are many investors in the public market pretty much only looking at ROI is what enables the business model of milking users.