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It may make good business but it doesn't feel very moral to deceive people into spending money they don't need to.
by remus 4y ago
It may make good business but it doesn't feel very moral to deceive people into spending money they don't need to.
- icambron 4y agoSometimes people just want to spend money on something they’re passionate about. How good the ROI is doesn’t matter to them, so you’re not really deceiving them
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoI am okay letting wealthy people spend too much money, but my big issue is that it doesn't feel like a good contribution to society, just a money grab. And if I am going to put my time and energy in to something, I want it to actually offer real value. Which is why I am actually spinning up a non profit that offers all of our work as open source. But it was always interesting to me that very wealthy people will drop huge sums without much thought. You're right tho that a few people trying to "spend their way to the top" will get caught spending more than they can afford and drawing those people in feels particularly immoral.
- aeonik 4y agoI'm not rich, but I do spend too much money on certain products on purpose. The reason I do it is because I love the engineer's or artist's work so much that I want to support them more than typical low margin product purchases would allow. I don't think they are being deceptive, and I don't feel swindled... as long as they aren't lying about the product specs or the capabilities.
- imtringued 4y agoYou are right but it could be true on the other side as well. These people earning money they don't need to.