[brewdad]

It's the state of modern capitalism. Money must flow from one entity to another even if nothing of tangible value is produced. The flows of money prove the growth of both businesses.

[uuyy]

If I spend money on tokens but my revenue doesn't increase, nor do I get any operating efficiency gains - where is my growth then buddy boyo?

The growth in revenue's (since earnings are negative for them) only shows up for the model producer

[sznio]

what kind of metric should we use to filter out that bullshit?

dollarhours?