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> "the cheapest shit you can get away with" could also be a perfectly fine product for a set of users. Where cheapness is bad is when it is sacrificing a large
by aninhumer 10y ago
> "the cheapest shit you can get away with" could also be a perfectly fine product for a set of users.
Where cheapness is bad is when it is sacrificing a large amount of utility for a marginal price reduction, to trick people into thinking it's the best value.
> no amount of "tricking" whatsoever will make people buy things they don't want.
Well of course not, since the "trick" is making them want it when it will provide little benefit.
- davidivadavid 10y agoHow do you know the benefit it provides isn't exactly commensurate to people's willingness to pay for it? Do you think that people buying Pet Rocks have been "tricked" into something, for example?