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> it's nothing but sarcasm and snark The average fella will always want to just drink a beer with friends and badmouth the politicians, their boss, a few celeb
by slver 5y ago
> it's nothing but sarcasm and snark
The average fella will always want to just drink a beer with friends and badmouth the politicians, their boss, a few celebrities and some rich people. Forums like this one are just the electronic version of it.
It doesn't matter.
That said, look for Peloton having solid business reasons to do this, maybe even tax subsidies and the like. A CEO may have their best intention to help America and create jobs and so on good things. But still ultimately it has to also make business sense, because they answer to a board and the board answers to shareholders.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago>because they answer to a board and the board answers to shareholders. Because customers will purchase alternatives that are 5% cheaper.
- slver 5y agoThat's fine. I wasn't trying to strike a cynical tone. A business is a business. It has to make choices that make business sense.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI was not either. I just like to point out that people like to blame executives and shareholders and owners, and yet it is the country as a whole knowingly voting with their dollars for cheaper products made with cheaper labor from overseas that enable those businesses to succeed (and consequently the businesses using domestic labor to fail). So a CEO answers to a board answers to shareholders answers to the collective population of buyers, which is us.
- unixhero 5y agoI bought one that does not come with a monthly subscription.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI was referring to people knowingly choosing to purchase products made with cheaper labor from overseas over more expensive products made with domestic labor/environmental regulations.
- brandonmenc 5y agoPlenty of people will spend an extra 5% to buy something Made in the USA.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThe lack of manufacturing capability in the US for consumer products shows that either it’s more than a 5% premium and/or “plenty of people” is an insufficient amount for large scale businesses.
- brandonmenc 5y agoIt costs too much to manufacture here in part because we don't have a manufacturing infrastructure on par with China, and because it costs money for a business to "move back". It would be a multi-decade project, but we could (and imo, should) government subsidize our way out of that.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y agoPeloton has a pretty good moat in the form of a huge stable of talented instructors. I personally use a non-Peloton DIY solution, but it is inferior in real ways.