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The Profit Paradox: Why Creating Problems Often Outweighs Value Creation
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The Profit Paradox: Why Creating Problems Often Outweighs Value Creation

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Svyatoslav Biryulin
Feb 18, 2025
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If honest business were as profitable as fraud, fraud wouldn’t exist. And ‘legal fraud’—that’s the most profitable game in town.

When you buy bread, air tickets, or a subscription to a streaming platform, you're bearing not just financial costs.

And these costs? They're just a legal way for some companies to rip you off.

"Users got a problem? Well, that’s their problem!"

In 2023, someone tried to rob me while Meta watched indifferently. A hacker took over my Facebook ad account.

Meta’s antifraud system turned out to be total Swiss cheese. I learned about the hack only when a friend told me my account was advertising lawnmowers.

I was on vacation, but instead of enjoying sunbathing, I stuck emailing Meta support.

The creature I emailed to had a name but felt like a chatbot built in 2008 by a student with a $20 budget.

I sent over 50 emails. I had to block two credit cards, which was a huge hassle. Eventually, the creature informed that Meta solved the problem.

It w…

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