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Krishna

Explore • 21d

Ritesh Agarwal didn’t hack the system. He exploited it — and built a brand on the corpses of trust, ethics, and truth. OYO didn’t scale. It spread like a virus — killing hotel owner trust, eroding customer experience, and misleading the world with i

Anonymous 1

Hey I am on Medial • 21d

This is such a one-sided hit piece. Every unicorn has growing pains, Uber, Airbnb, Amazon all faced similar criticism during hypergrowth phases. OYO standardized a fragmented market and gave thousands of budget hotels access to technology they never had. Easy to criticize from the sidelines.

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Krishna

Explore • 21d

Every unicorn has growing pains — but faking bookings, listing hotels without consent, and delaying payments isn’t growth. It’s exploitation. Criticism isn’t the problem. The problem is how many people were burned while chasing scale. Success doesn’t excuse shady practices.

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