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> NVidia (Intel) treats its customers like consumers. nVidia's customers are literally consumers.
by formerly_proven 6y ago
> NVidia (Intel) treats its customers like consumers.
nVidia's customers are literally consumers.
- malwrar 6y agoThose words aren’t synonymous in denotation—who wants to be called a consumer? I think the term customer implies respect for those you do business with rather than viewing people who buy your product as numbers on a spreadsheet.
- sokoloff 6y agoI am a consumer; it bothers me exactly zero as it’s literally and figuratively true. “Treat like transactions” or “treat like cash flows” or “treat like wallets” would give me the pejorative meaning presumably intended.
- NikolaeVarius 6y agoThese are luxury items, where 95% of people will be using to play AAA video games at nice but but pretty extravagant 144hz 1440p/4K or as space heaters. Its the very definition of a consumer