HP is very insistent that users of its printers don't turn to cheaper third-party alternatives for their ink cartridges. It introduced a feature called Dynamic Security in...
  • Shurimal@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Prime example that for a publicly traded company the people buying the products are not customers for whom to create value, but a resource to extract value from.

    Shareholders are the real customers for whom they create value.

    • maness300@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The entire point of maximizing profit is charging the most while expending the least.

      It’s a game of seeing how low people’s standards are and trying to lower them even further.

      As customers, the secret is to have higher standards. Unfortunately, this generation prides itself on avoiding conflict at all costs so they just take it up the ass and beg for more.