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by georgemcbay 36 days ago
> I always wondered how the fuck did all those ZIRP era "hello world as a service" bullshit startups have any customers at all.

In addition to the previously mentioned collusion, a lot of the time reported users/customers are literally just fake.

See for example Sam Altman's Loopt scam.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C8feBk4luaE