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On the contrary, pervasive targeted marketing is exactly a legitimate business reason in the context of increasing revenue efficiently, as most corporations wan
by beowulfey 6y ago
On the contrary, pervasive targeted marketing is exactly a legitimate business reason in the context of increasing revenue efficiently, as most corporations want to do.
- kennywinker 6y agoSelling cocaine is a great way to efficiently increase revenue, but it's not a legitimate way
- nemothekid 6y agoSelling cocaine is a legitimate way to increase revenue. If the cocaine is real (i.e you aren't selling flour) then why wouldn't it be legitimate? It might not be legal, but CocaCola is allowed to import coca leaves by the millions.
- nkurz 6y agoDon't be ridiculous! It would be absurd for the Coca Cola company to be allowed to directly import coca leaves for use in their "secret" recipe. Instead, it's an intermediary (the "Stepan Company") who imports the 200,000 lbs of coca leaves each year, removes the cocaine for pharmaceutical use, and then sells the remaining "flavor" extracts to Coca Cola: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/01/business/how-coca-cola-obtains-its-coca.html https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/01/business/how-coca-cola-ob... (which is to say, thanks for encouraging me to learn about this)
- kennywinker 6y agoI think we're getting confused on word meanings here. Legitimate is far too vague a work. I'm trying to get at the idea that just because something would WORK doesn't make it ok to do. There is what is possible under capitalism (anything legal) and then there is what is RIGHT. Selling cocaine isn't JUST illegal, it's also probably wrong due to it's addictive properties. Similarly, selling people's data and tracking people without their consent is legal, but it's also wrong in most people's opinion.