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.