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minus-squareFreudianCafe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down2·2 days agoValve is the living proof that you can have great service and still be profitable. Will capitalists learn? No
minus-squarebigkahuna1986@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 day agoWhy have great service and be profitable when you can have terrible service and be 1.6% more profitable?
minus-squareTenderizer78@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoCorrection: Be just as profitable but cash out on that profit slightly sooner.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day 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!
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minus-squareFreudianCafe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·12 hours 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-up3·11 hours agoSure buddy. Hope you find those crayons you want to eat so bad
minus-squareAristarchus of Samos@linuxrocks.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·11 hours ago@FreudianCafe @endeavor These woke weirdos advocating for more slavery are so annoying.
Valve is the living proof that you can have great service and still be profitable. Will capitalists learn? No
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!
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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
@FreudianCafe @endeavor
These woke weirdos advocating for more slavery are so annoying.