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mikestew • today at 9:25 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It's really hard to justify doing any kind of ongoing maintenance and rnd from one-time sales.

What kind of water-carrying excuse is that? Multibillion dollar companies have been created doing exactly that for decades. Withings has somehow managed to stay in business for nearly 20 years...doing exactly that.


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haute_cuisine • today at 10:10 PM

What if their model is sustainable only when new people keep buying? Once all who would buy bought, they can't survive on existing customer base.