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This is a "cool factor" splurge. Spending ~100k cash for a bootstrapped startup on something rather superficial is enough to question their future decision making. To me this shows a bit of immaturity and irresponsibility. What future shinny objects will they splurge on instead of focusing on investments that have more substance?

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I wouldn't spend this kind of money on a domain name, but I guess you have to ask what else you'd use the cash for. 6 months of software development? When put like that, it's not clear to me that this is a bad idea. You can write a lot of code without attracting any customers.

> You can write a lot of code without attracting any customers.

Why did you have to bring me into this

Honest question - why do you care? They're bootstrapped. It's their cash, not yours. If you were a shareholder then fine, but by definition you're not.

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