• tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 days ago

    It actually works both ways. They try to produce the most attractive (not best!) product at the lowest cost.

    • Goretantath@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      Thats not working both ways, you just admited they arent trying to make the best product.

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        2 days ago

        In terms of business, it’s better if it sells better, not if it’s made better. The best product is the one that sells. A perfect product that doesn’t sell isn’t the best, it’s the worst.

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          2 days ago

          The claim is that marketing will inform the consumer what qualities are better, but the reality is all lies.

          If there were more transparency, if the customer could reliably tell the difference, then the best product is more likely to win. However modern capitalism works with marketing to fool the customer for highest profit

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOP
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      2 days ago

      you’re overcomplicating it. it’s about profit, period. and different market categories will eke out that profit in different ways.

      for example, medical fields force profits not by attractivity, but by hiding cost behind opaque “insurance” structures.

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        2 days ago

        You’re not wrong; highly regulated markets like medicine can be extremely dysfunctional. But lemonade is not medicine, so I feel like you’re moving the goalposts a bit here.

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          2 days ago

          using a metaphor to analyze its subject is actually pretty common but whatever