• prole@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    They weren’t a corporation from the get-go though? They were a Y-Combinator project that became successful, and were eventually bought by Conde Nast (when the “sell-out” began, btw).

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      10 months ago

      I think profit was always the end goal, except for Aaron Swartz. They might not have been incorporated but the intent always seemed like profit.