• geissi@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    overly simplistic way

    It was hyperbolic of course. But really,

    Users are the primary customer, and they don’t provide any direct revenue

    How can someone who doesn’t provide revenue be the primary customer of a profit oriented company? Ahead of others who actually do, like advertisers?

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      1 year ago

      It might be better if the terms are swapped. I’m only calling them primary because they have to come first before the secondary, and they’re the foundation for everything. There’s probably a better way to term them.

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        1 year ago

        Oh, I’m not denying that the users are the foundation for the business model but when Reddit makes business decisions, they first listen to those who pay them.