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zach_garwood | karma 786 | avg karma 1.87 · 2022-09-09 09:13:55

Wouldn't most businesses disappear if their partnerships dried up? This is just a weird criticism.

pupppet | karma 2270 | avg karma 3.9 · 2022-09-09 09:45:43

Eh if a car company could only stay in business because they had giant Coke ads emblazoned on the sides of their cars I wouldn’t chalk it up as a win for the company.

umeshunni | karma 4701 | avg karma 3.15 · 2022-09-09 12:51:18

What if a car company could only stay in business because of the interest it collects on financing?

pessimizer | karma 33733 | avg karma 2.47 · 2022-09-09 15:44:35

Then I'd hardly call it a car company.

minhazm | karma 1238 | avg karma 4.15 · 2022-09-09 15:29:26

That's a perfect analogy for Google. They only stay in business because they're able to plaster Coke (and other companies ads) all over their websites.

sysop073 | karma 356 | avg karma 2.17 · 2022-09-09 11:55:49

No? Most businesses sell products or services, their primary source of revenue isn't bribes from a single company. That's pretty rare actually.

MichaelCollins | karma 6129 | avg karma 3.4 · 2022-09-09 12:58:48

You've been downvoted because simply selling a product to make money is considered absurd in this industry. What a horrible state of affairs.