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Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#31

This type of website, with just the addition responsive text, is how most of the internet should ideally be.

If the web had stoped innovating and improving at this level of design it wouldn't have the GDP it does now.

Your comment would almost fit better as a reply on the linked page from this other front page post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33680661

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#32
post #2

I think this has been posted multiple times but, yeah, they are never going to succeed with a website like this.

Decent performance scores from PageSpeed Insights: 99 on mobile and 100 on desktop. https://pagespeed.web.dev/report?url=https://berkshirehathaw... I think this startup has a shot. Maybe even become a $100B+ company someday.

Using websites as a gauge into how profitable a company is is like looking at Kant's right index finger to figure out what he meant in Critique of Pure Reason.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#35

This type of website, with just the addition responsive text, is how most of the internet should ideally be.

I don't know. I really enjoy 10 popups when i visit a website.

How else will some random news site you're visiting for the first time know whether or not you want to subscribe to their newsletter, allow them to send you notifications, and know your current precise location?

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#38
post #28

It’s weird that the “message from Warren Buffett” is an ad for Geico and a jewelry brand. I get that they’re subsidiaries but still.

Why? He owns those companies.

I guess it would be like Bill Gates advertising for Windows and Xbox at the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Like I get the incentive but it doesn’t seem like the right place for it

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#39

This type of website, with just the addition responsive text, is how most of the internet should ideally be.

Please no, I like interesting and engaging design

I just don’t see much “interesting and engaging design” that isn’t riddled with horrible performance or ridiculous dark patterns. The Reddit redesign is a perfect example of the former, and newsletter popups are an example of the latter.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#40
post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? He owns those companies.

I guess it would be like Bill Gates advertising for Windows and Xbox at the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Like I get the incentive but it doesn’t seem like the right place for it

They’re not Buffet’s side hustle. They’re Berkshire subsidiaries. It’s more like Microsoft’s website having an ad for an GitHub or LinkedIn on it.
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