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minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoMakes me wish producers were in the game to sell good products rather than to sell as much as they can of anything they think will make a profit.
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYeah, people forget the point of capitalism isn’t to satisfy the consumer. It’s to maximize returns to the current owners. If they can do that with good products, they will. If they can make more money with a shitty product, the that’s what’s on the menu
minus-squareprenatal_confusion@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoTo be fair: a company or small business can make a conscious decision to make a certain product with a certain property that might be not the most profitable due to principles. But yes, almost none do.
Makes me wish producers were in the game to sell good products rather than to sell as much as they can of anything they think will make a profit.
Yeah, people forget the point of capitalism isn’t to satisfy the consumer. It’s to maximize returns to the current owners.
If they can do that with good products, they will. If they can make more money with a shitty product, the that’s what’s on the menu
To be fair: a company or small business can make a conscious decision to make a certain product with a certain property that might be not the most profitable due to principles.
But yes, almost none do.