Yes but you’re missing a key piece. It’s not “but online” - that was the vehicle, sure, but it was “what if X, but we could weasel out from under every relevant regulation? Bet we could make some money THEN.”

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Tech billionaires are not geniuses Every single thing they’ve “created” is just “what if a thing we already do, but online?” What if banks, but online? What if the Sears Catalogue, but online? What if friendship, but online? They were just born at the right time to say BUT ONLINE GUYS & get paid.

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They also have "what if currently free thing, was subscription"

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Subrules: • If already in the old west, you can give it to samurai • If already in space, you can set it at sea • you can replace "but vampires" with "but mobsters" IF the story is about dynastic succession

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Cop procedurals aren't on the tried and trues list for classic story revivals, which are strictly limited by accepted convention to: • but in the old west • but in space • but vampires

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