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> The usual take is that businesses are "greedy" and subscription models are "lucrative". "Greedy" as a criticism of a for-profit business makes about as much
by Zak 4y ago
> The usual take is that businesses are "greedy" and subscription models are "lucrative".
"Greedy" as a criticism of a for-profit business makes about as much sense as "predatory" does as a criticism of a cat.
- nkrisc 4y agoIt does make a lot of sense actually. Because cats are predatory, we need to regulate our domestic cat population by keeping them indoors, otherwise their predatory nature will destroy local populations of birds and other animals. So a for-profit business is greedy by nature, so we need to regulate its natural impulses since it can’t control them itself, much like the cat.
- kisamoto 4y agoI think greedy is still a valid criticism - just because it's "for profit" doesn't mean "max out the profit at the expense of others". If we assume that not all people (as it is people who drive these organisations) are greedy, we can also assume that greed is not baked into every profitable org.