alt Hacker News> YC isn't taxing you
It's a different kind of tax. The VC model is to get you addicted to a service and then jack up prices as soon as they've squeezed out other competition. You can't opt out of that game when AirBnBs take over your town.
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mcmcmc • yesterday at 7:39 PM
The problem is predatory pricing is hard to prove, and the FTC is impotent or complicit, depending on the administration
That's fair and accurate, there's a lot broken with the system. But I wouldn't place the blame at the feet of YC, it would be just as bad without them.