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You're just being pedantic and cynical.

Goal of any business in principle is profit, by your terms all of them are misaligned.

Matter of fact is that customers are receiving value and the value has been a good proxy for which company will grow to be successful and which will fail.

[forgetfreeman]

I'm being neither pedantic nor cynical. Do you need a refresher on value proposition vs actual outcomes on the last few decades of breathlessly hyped tech bubbles? Executive summary: the portions of tech industry that attract the most investment consistently produce the worst outcomes, the more cash the shittier the result. It's also worth noting that "value" is defined as anything you can manipulate someone to pay for.

[piperswe]

I mean, yeah. All businesses are misaligned, unless a fluke aligns the profit motive with the consumers for a brief period.