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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok so because it's the industry standard it's ok?

How about we focus on the fact that the industry standard makes owners and c-suite billionaires? Do you think people would start hating a command if they cut their share to 10% and prices came down instead of having that extra enrich the few?

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Reread my comment. I'm not saying it's ok because it's the industry standard, I'm saying it's tolerable because it's the industry standard and yet despite their strong market position, they still consciously provide a good value.

And let's not pretend that even if everyone switched to a 10% margin (assuming that would even be profitable), people wouldn't then complain about 10% being too high. It's like taxes - no matter what it's set as, a significant amount of people will always say "that's too high! I don't want to pay that!"