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RandomLensmantoday at 1:30 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes, losing hurts, but building new supply would necessarily hurt why (instead of being accretive)?


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AndrewDuckertoday at 1:39 PM

Because it will cost money, and that money has to come from somewhere.

If you have 300 froblets per month being shipped to you, and suddenly you have only 200 froblets arriving and you have to spend £5 billion building a froblet factory, then you're both going to be short on froblets and high on expenses at least until the factory is built.

And yes, in the long run you'll have built the factory, will be getting a safer supply of froblets, and everything will be sunshine and roses, but while you're building it all that's an extra expense that you have to find the money for.

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