> You've probably seen one or two talks of Mark Pincus talking about "doing every dirty trick in the book" or something like that.
Is that not true? Didn't Zynga make a huge portion of their early money from SMS fraud? The kind of money that gave them a huge leg up over their competitors?
In my opinion, Zynga is an indictment of capitalism itself (and I say this as someone who likes capitalism). It's lowest-common-denominator, race-to-the-bottom, zero-ethics type stuff. Not just their products, but the way employees are treated there. It's no surprise that most developers find it revolting and wish it would just die.
Is that not true? Didn't Zynga make a huge portion of their early money from SMS fraud? The kind of money that gave them a huge leg up over their competitors?
In my opinion, Zynga is an indictment of capitalism itself (and I say this as someone who likes capitalism). It's lowest-common-denominator, race-to-the-bottom, zero-ethics type stuff. Not just their products, but the way employees are treated there. It's no surprise that most developers find it revolting and wish it would just die.