users
8 statements across 8 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Oct 27, 2017 by Adi Sideman · across every show →
Everything said about users, oldest first
Oct 27, 2017 negative
Sideman: Centralized platforms capture billions while creators get almost no value
“And then, you know, the second thing is there's a very disproportionate allocation of the value generated from these digital media networks. The internet started with this beautiful promise of a level playing field, but it ends up with what's happening is that…”
Jan 17, 2018 neutral
Altman: User Dislike Is an Untreatable Startup Flaw
“A very bad word is a product that no one likes. That one I would stay away from. But when it feels like users are pulling the product out of the company, they're figuring out how to use it even though it's hard and broken because they just like it so much. Tha…”
Mar 8, 2021 neutral
Feb 2, 2024
Wu: Ignore user requests only when they conflict with core values
“I think listening to users is normally extremely important, though I think the one exception might be when something that users are asking for Conflicts with one of your core product values. But then I still think you don't like ignore them, but I think it's j…”
Sep 13, 2024
Oct 17, 2025 neutral
Mar 30, 2026 bearish
Andreessen: Over 99% of AI's economic value will accrue to users
“I think AI is the exact, I think it's already that way. I think it's going to be exactly the same way. It might even be greater than that. It might be 99.9999% of the value of AI is going to accrue to the users, not to the companies that make the AI.”