• Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    It’s almost like… endless growth is unsustainable.

    Edit: Downvoted by a shareholder lol

    • Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      “What if we just doubled the price?” - some genius executive that never created a damn thing in their life

      That only works for housing and healthcare.

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        8 months ago

        You forgot groceries, mandatory insurance, and utilities…

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        8 months ago

        big part of apple’s success is that it successfully establishes itself as a status symbol - it is for a lot of people what car was for generation of their parents and grandparents.

        so there will definitely be a clientele for that two times expensive whatever. some people will buy it just to show others they can afford it, same reason why people were buying overpriced cars.