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minus-squareFreudianCafe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down2·8 days agoValve is the living proof that you can have great service and still be profitable. Will capitalists learn? No
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minus-squareFreudianCafe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoThis is so deranged its actually funny. Legit not sure if this is next level sarcasm or just utter dumbness
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minus-squareFreudianCafe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoSure buddy. Hope you find those crayons you want to eat so bad
minus-squarebigkahuna1986@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up25·8 days agoWhy have great service and be profitable when you can have terrible service and be 1.6% more profitable?
minus-squareTenderizer78@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 days agoCorrection: Be just as profitable but cash out on that profit slightly sooner.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoMore like far less profitable over years, but far more this quarter. And when it inevitably goes south because you’re squeezing too hard? Who cares, on to the next company!
Valve is the living proof that you can have great service and still be profitable. Will capitalists learn? No
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This is so deranged its actually funny. Legit not sure if this is next level sarcasm or just utter dumbness
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Sure buddy. Hope you find those crayons you want to eat so bad
Why have great service and be profitable when you can have terrible service and be 1.6% more profitable?
Correction: Be just as profitable but cash out on that profit slightly sooner.
More like far less profitable over years, but far more this quarter. And when it inevitably goes south because you’re squeezing too hard? Who cares, on to the next company!