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Tech industry & business models Videos Recommended on Hacker News (114)
Tech industry & business models is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 114 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 236 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Tech business: platform economics, big tech antitrust, monopolies, business model analysis, tech layoffs, app stores, subscriptions, airline loyalty and fintech models, Silicon Valley economics.
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2 mo on HNThiel: Google has $50B, doesn't innovate
CNN
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
2 mo on HNDEBUNKING STARLINK
Common Sense Skeptic
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNSpaceX IPO Scandal
Patrick Boyle
2 HN recommender · 2026–2026
2 mo on HNAmazon Sells Fake Electrical Fuses
Louis Rossmann
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNBillion Dollar Bully: Yelp documentary producers Kaylie Milliken & Mellissa Wood
Louis Rossmann
2 HN recommender · 2018–2020
2 mo on HNBlue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles: Explained!
Marques Brownlee
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNWhy Sony's Beta Videotape System Failed--and failed hard (Part 1)
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2022–2026
2 mo on HNThe $8 billion iPod | Rob Reid
TED
2 HN recommender · 2012–2026
2 mo on HNHere Comes Another Bubble v1.1 - The Richter Scales
TheRichterScales
3 HN recommender · 2009–2026
2 mo on HNCorporate Open Source Anti-patterns
Bryan Cantrill
2 HN recommender · 2014–2023
2 mo on HNBoeing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2024–2024
2 mo on HNGames Should Not Cost $60 Anymore - Inflation, Microtransactions, and Publishing - Extra Credits
Extra Credits
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNShenzhen: A New Breed of Intellectual Property (Part 3) | Future Cities | WIRED
Uncanny Valley by WIRED
2 HN recommender · 2016–2021
2 mo on HNIndia's Semiconductor Failure
Asianometry
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HNSo...TikTok Sucks
Hank Green
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNChina's Bicycle sharing WENT INSANE!
serpentza
2 HN recommender · 2017–2018
2 mo on HNWhy is Japan So Weak in Software?
Asianometry
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNJaron Lanier – Who is Civilization for? (+ Q&A with Ulrich Kelber) Willy Brandt Lecture 2018
Bundeskanzler-Willy-Brandt-Stiftung
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
2 mo on HNHow Dollar Stores Quietly Consumed America
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNDunkey's Guide to Streaming Services
videogamedunkey
2 HN recommender · 2024–2024
2 mo on HNStarlink: BUSTED!! + ALL other Failed Musk promises!
Thunderf00t
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
1 mo on HNDefamation of character and extortion; Yelp salesperson has friends leave bad reviews!
Louis Rossmann
1 HN recommend · 2015–2020
1 mo on HNFrank Zappa explains the decline of the music business
budagum
1 HN recommend · 2011–2026
1 mo on HNWhy There's No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire
Adam Conover
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNLarry Ellison - What The Hell Is Cloud Computing?
BadIdea2008
1 HN recommend · 2012–2023
1 mo on HNPatents: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
1 mo on HNThis Video Has 77,321,815 Views
Tom Scott
2 HN recommender · 2020–2026
1 mo on HNSen. Cruz Grills Google Executive on Alleged Censorship Bias
Senator Ted Cruz
1 HN recommend · 2019–2020
1 mo on HNInside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin Mine
Motherboard
1 HN recommend · 2017–2017
1 mo on HNFacebook Freebooting - Smarter Every Day 128
SmarterEveryDay
1 HN recommend · 2015–2019
1 mo on HNKevin Spacey urges TV channels to give control to viewers
The Telegraph
1 HN recommend · 2013–2013
1 mo on HNUsing AI To Detect AI Music (and other music industry data-porn)
Benn Jordan
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNChamath Palihapitiya on rebuilding Social Capital & Silicon Valley ponzi scheme
This Week in Startups
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
1 mo on HNHow China Is Changing Your Internet | The New York Times
The New York Times
1 HN recommend · 2016–2017
1 mo on HNThe Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant
TechAltar
1 HN recommend · 2023–2025
1 mo on HNThe Four Horsemen: Amazon/Apple/Facebook & Google - Who Wins/Loses (Scott Galloway, L2 Inc.) | DLD15
DLD Conference
1 HN recommend · 2015–2020