The Rot-Com Bubble: How Tech's Growth-At-All-Costs Mindset Is Undermining Quality
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Ed Zitron
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Summary
The article critiques the "Rot Economy" mindset in the tech industry, where companies prioritize growth-at-all-costs over quality, making more products to conquer markets rather than improving existing ones or creating genuinely useful products. It compares the current tech era unfavorably to previous economic periods like the post-2008 financial crisis, arguing that the focus on expansion over excellence has led to a "rot" in the technology sector.
Key quotes
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It's the force that drives businesses to grow bigger rather than better, making more products to conquer more markets rather than making products or services that people need or improving products they already like.
Tech's rot era doesn't feel like any other economic epoch - such as the post-2008 financial crisis, and the stagnation that
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