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# controversy6 quotes

CONTROVERSY

If you want work-life balance, Revolut is probably not the right place for you. We're building something unprecedented and that requires unprecedented effort.

culturehustleNikolay Storonsky, paraphrased from internal comms

Every small business owner either loves Yelp or wants to burn it to the ground. There's no middle ground. That kind of emotional reaction means we actually matter.

small-businessimpactJeremy Stoppelman, Inc. Magazine interview, 2014

I told a conference that we tracked where users drove after the movie. The privacy backlash was immediate. I misspoke. But at that point, we were making a new mistake every week.

privacycontroversyVariety Report, 2018

We charge a subscription for insights. People were furious at first. But the hardware is the sensor. The software is the product. Without the subscription, we'd just be selling a dumb ring.

subscriptionbusiness-modelThe Verge Interview, 2022

Getty Images sued us for using their photos to train Stable Diffusion without permission. Artists were furious. I understand why. But AI training on public data is how every model works. We just got caught in the crossfire first.

copyrightlegalCNBC Interview, 2023

They fired me over alleged financial irregularities. I deny every accusation. But the company is dead now and the truth is somewhere in between what anyone is saying publicly.

scandalgovernanceStatement, 2022