The article concludes with: "I don’t think you can build sustaining business on top of addiction."
The big tobacco companies and drug cartels would probably disagree with this statement. I'm not saying it's ethical to make money off of people's addictions, but cigarettes and narcotics sure seem to have been very profitable over the long term, and have even survived massive government action against them.
Yes but with drug cartels and tobacco companies society will be against you. Look at the long term trend for tobacco. Has usage gone up or down over time?
You'll always get short term success with it but it's not sustainable in the long term.
The big tobacco companies and drug cartels would probably disagree with this statement. I'm not saying it's ethical to make money off of people's addictions, but cigarettes and narcotics sure seem to have been very profitable over the long term, and have even survived massive government action against them.