> Is that really such an unreasonable demand? Yes. That's how price controls and messed up economies start out. Sometimes profit margins are highly misleading

> Is that really such an unreasonable demand? Yes. That's how price controls and messed up economies start out. Sometimes profit margins are highly misleading. For instance, the profit margins for software development are extremely high if you calculate them a certain way. ("You're only paying how much for capital and electricity and you're charging me how much?") The main thing is what value the business brings you. They can charge whatever they want. As long as you value their service/goods more than what they're charging you, who cares how much it costs them?