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