• kruemel@lemmy.autism.place
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    6 hours ago

    The market will regulate itself, the consumer decides with his/her/* money, feel free to start your own company producing it (with your own money) \s

    Sorry for that.

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      6 hours ago

      I know this is sarcasm, but I still have to also point out that companies literally conspire with each other to undermine the consumer’s ability to choose. Remember when Apple removed the headphone jack and Android vendors mocked their decision for all of one year before immediately following suit? That’s 100% intentional and planned from the start. They know we want to vote with our money, which is why they do everything they can to make sure we don’t have that choice.

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        3 hours ago

        That has nothing to do with a conspiracy, it’s just cheaper. If they can get away with it, they’ll do it.

        Reality is, most people give relatively thought to their purchases. They just buy “the new iPhone” or pick an Android that seems reasonable to them. And even those who do ostensibly care, often enough only care about specifications. More cores, more nits, more camera.