Business Model Sustainability

Discussions revolve around critiquing and debating the viability, sustainability, and flaws of a company's or industry's business model, often labeling it as unsustainable.

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k_sze Oct 26, 2019 View on HN

Can you elaborate? What's wrong with their business model?

cjk2 Mar 31, 2024 View on HN

Well it's not like they had any other business model is it?

fhmalik Jan 26, 2012 View on HN

seems like an unsustainable business model to me.

ksec Jul 24, 2014 View on HN

They just dont have a sustainable business model. That's all.

seivan Nov 13, 2013 View on HN

Wow. Suddenly their business model doesn't seem so shitty.

vizzah May 19, 2016 View on HN

that's their "business model", don't expect they would want to ruin it ;)

anon291 Jul 20, 2024 View on HN

Perhaps they don't have a good enough business model then

swah Apr 4, 2022 View on HN

Impressive - at least until this business model makes sense for them!

cowboyscott Jan 26, 2024 View on HN

This seems like a plausible and powerful business model. Hopefully people reject it.

int_19h May 2, 2025 View on HN

The viability of their business model shouldn't be everyone's problem.