> And yet we all know what they mean when they call those companies "startups".
That isn't true at all. These companies were startups almost a decade ago, but since then they already matured and strayed very far from the classification. This is like calling a 40yo man a teenager just because he was one in the distant past.
That isn't true at all. These companies were startups almost a decade ago, but since then they already matured and strayed very far from the classification. This is like calling a 40yo man a teenager just because he was one in the distant past.