alt Hacker NewsTo be fair, in 1987 the unit economics weren't being subsidized by nation-state levels of debt and mandatory usage contracts.
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doctorpangloss • yesterday at 8:27 PM
in some kind of boring sense, sure.
but have you looked up who invented the computer? and who was funding all the first versions of the software we use? it was the US military.
KellyCriterion • yesterday at 8:28 PM
...and global usage/reach was practically zero...
The unit economics aren't what's subsidized. Inference is profitable.