• hddsx@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    A lot of valuation for these companies is not based on profitability, but rather on growth. So as long as you can show investors that you’re growing, they will buy in.

    Also, what are the chances they don’t have a cheaper option of using GCP/AWD/Azure/etc?

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      2 months ago

      Valuation is only useful for an exit strategy. They’ve already IPO’d. If they don’t show profit, the stock will collapse.

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              2 months ago

              And if no one bought Nitro or advertised games Discord would run out of money.

              That’s the same as using Roblox without giving them any money.

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                2 months ago

                and if no one bought.

                This isnt speculation here, they do, and they make A LOT from nitro subscriptions and server boosts.

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                  2 months ago

                  Yes but if everyone used their services without paying, they would go bankrupt. Just like using Roblox without paying costs them money.

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                    2 months ago

                    Don’t forget every user generates a base income, for example from visiting and using boosted servers (other users pay), ad insights and other data mining