you’re right that it’s for them, my assumption is that it’s kinda like CEO mind palace carcinization, where the next step they HAVE to take is growing into a totally new and bigger business because the hockey stick growth with the success they’ve already had isn’t infinitely attainable
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But why not start another business then? You can just do that rather than gutting your core product
And I agree that another business is logical! But also logic seems to be the critical missing piece at that moment of mid life crisis
so i assume it has to be "fucking with the core product" as nothing else is as nostalgic
Though if they had any self reflection they’d realize NEEDING a pre-existing install base implies the value prop of an everything app isn’t enough on its own.
But then if they fail they'd be confronted with the fact that their idea is something less than brilliant
(I would be so much better at being a billionaire, someone just give me a chance)