“profit motivated” means taking as much as possible while giving as little as possible in return. The ideal situation for a profit motivated company would be collecting all of the money people have and delivering nothing. Thieves are also profit motivated.
replyAnd the ideal consumer takes everything and pays nothing. Let’s see where they meet!
replyThis might be a cynical take, but I doubt Ticketmaster (and most of these other examples) are motivated by doing the most good. Their underlying principle is extracting the most value for shareholders at any cost.
replySome people argue even that behavior ends up producing the most good, but I cannot accept that level of mental gymnastics.
There is a limited amount of engineering resources. Don’t you agree they should try to use them for the benefit of the most people? That’s not to say they should exclude groups. But a small minority path probably gets less work than a main path. Would you agree these prudent or not?
replyIs Ticketmaster bottlenecked by engineering resources?
replyYes. Engineering is a scarce resource with alternative uses.
replyHow much does Ticketmaster have and how do they use it?
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