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I'm curious what percentage of the "tech industry" is in fact the classic dumb money, and what they have their developers doing is basically fantasy nonsense for the owner(s). I know of several very good sized tech companies, purchased by Saudi Princes, for nothing other than their bragging rights and their staff are an odd mix of their friends, the original tech team, and then an odd series of fantasy vanity projects. Remember 15 years ago when mounting cameras on a person's face for "face captures" during gameplay was a thing? Several of those companies are now Saudi playpens, with over worked developers making demos on deadlines that are just for bragging rights and not products at all.


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