Elad was not immediately for XR and changed his mind about it later. But younger members like yourself think he was the first to promote XR as a niche here, because you see that he started the XR Thread
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Not sure why you felt the need to say that no one is paid to follow him lol. People are literally paid in sales for following good advise around here though. The problem with following people here is that they can be wrong and can change their mind later. For example, Elad has changed his mind after actively defending the future Mixed Reality / MR as a promising domain niche years ago and he's had a lot of positive things to say about niches that have yet to have mass appeal. I don't think he would appreciate you talking about him like he's some kind of messiah lol.
No one here has a crystal ball...but people who are too lazy to do their own research to find lucrative niches on their own look to showcase threads and popular member advice like money messiahs on here
. Elad and others like my self with a lot of opinions here don't ask for people to follow us. It's only advised that you do your own research.