alt Hacker NewsThe thing that strikes me as odd is how is it that Delve becomes an unicorn superstar (by iself), and the company they steal stuff off of, is much much less of a success story.
It would make more sense that the people who actually built the thing would do the thing better and do it first.
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mikert89 • today at 4:11 PM
Basically YC + MIT background is a license to raise infinite capital. So they just needed to check some revenue boxes etc.
I think in real life, cheaters win.
Without proper punishment, groups who "play fair" are at a strict disadvantage against those willing to break the rules.
At least in the US, we seem to be rapidly moving away from punishing groups for breaking the rules. All the mega successful companies (and people) seem to break a lot of rules to get there.
Conversely, the honest "play by the rules" groups can't be mega successful. Without punishment, the cheater always wins.