Company Profitability Debate

Commenters repeatedly question and debate the sustainability of a company's business model due to ongoing financial losses and lack of profitability, despite generating revenue.

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Sample Comments

aldarisbm • Mar 21, 2023 • View on HN

legit question, how do you know they are losing money?

scarface74 • Feb 14, 2023 • View on HN

Revenue while losing money is not exactly a win.

mgh95 • Nov 6, 2025 • View on HN

It is a losing company if they aren't making money.

untog • Aug 11, 2019 • View on HN

But... They're losing money. They can't do that indefinitely.

zwieback • Aug 4, 2023 • View on HN

The article says that they are losing so much money that it's not sustainable.

daft_pink • Sep 13, 2023 • View on HN

I mean their company loses money. Seems like a bad idea though.

thematt • May 7, 2011 • View on HN

That should tell you something: it's not profitable.

JSDevOps • Aug 11, 2024 • View on HN

It's not profitable anymore.

cm2187 • Sep 22, 2017 • View on HN

What profits? Aren't they problematically loss making?

welcome_dragon • Nov 9, 2025 • View on HN

Isn't that operating at a loss