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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Well, how did they do it in 90s-2010s? Genuinely asking. What's changed that they can no longer do this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Netscape, which was essentially the predecessor to Mozilla, was a well funded VC-backed startup. That’s how they did it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

and only now the investors are asking for their return? Or the investors aren't re-investing and that's the problem?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@tetris11 @GnuLinuxDude

Netscape exited to AOL in 1998. The Netscape founder Marc Andreessen has since then been a successful venture capitalist who loves cryptocurrencies and Donald Trump.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago
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