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Step 1: Make discontent known to brand Step 2: Create/join community of fellow disaffected individuals Step 3: Use community to spread awareness of said dissati

by Daz1 3y ago

Step 1: Make discontent known to brand Step 2: Create/join community of fellow disaffected individuals Step 3: Use community to spread awareness of said dissatisfaction Step 4: Observe as sales of product fall off and brand reputation falters Step 5A: Observe as brand reverses unpopular decision and recovers OR Step 5B: Observe as brand is replaced in the market by one which better meets consumer preferences

pdonis 3y ago
Has this ever actually happened?
- Daz1 3y ago
  The market is littered with the corpses of companies who failed to meet consumer demand.
  - pdonis 3y ago
    > companies who failed to meet consumer demand What you claimed was a lot more specific than that. Do you have any actual examples of the specific sequence of events you claimed?
themoonisachees 3y ago
This has no actual effect on the underlying issue that nothing is stopping companies from doing this. In fact, if what you describe active ually happens a lot, it would be trivial to set up puppet competitors to your own products in order to recapture leaving costumers, repeat ad infinitum.
- Daz1 3y ago
  "it would be trivial to set up puppet competitors to your own products in order to recapture leaving costumers" Citation needed
chiefalchemist 3y ago
> Step 5B: Observe as brand is replaced in the market by one which better meets consumer preferences Step 0A- Realize that most mature industries are incestuous. They share the same consultants, they swap employees, they compete for the same market with the same group-think mindset, etc. They all have the same incentives and paradigm for success and thus often act in murmuration'ing way. That is, they're too big and too risk-adverse to consider innovation so they feign being competitive and milk the market the best they can. Step 0B - Realize that for the most part the gov - via Cronie Capitalism - will not protect consumers, and will put the thumb on the scale for the largest players. Your rights and privacy - in the context of Surveillance Capitalism (which the gov benefits from) - are more myth than they are real. Step 0C - Realize that all the steps follow are rarely successful. Sure, you can try but the odds are not in your favor. You end up paying the subscription and/or having your usage data sold in some black box cyber back room.

by Daz1 3y ago

pdonis 3y ago

Has this ever actually happened?

Daz1 3y ago
The market is littered with the corpses of companies who failed to meet consumer demand.
- pdonis 3y ago
  > companies who failed to meet consumer demand What you claimed was a lot more specific than that. Do you have any actual examples of the specific sequence of events you claimed?

themoonisachees 3y ago

This has no actual effect on the underlying issue that nothing is stopping companies from doing this. In fact, if what you describe active ually happens a lot, it would be trivial to set up puppet competitors to your own products in order to recapture leaving costumers, repeat ad infinitum.

Daz1 3y ago
"it would be trivial to set up puppet competitors to your own products in order to recapture leaving costumers" Citation needed

chiefalchemist 3y ago

> Step 5B: Observe as brand is replaced in the market by one which better meets consumer preferences Step 0A- Realize that most mature industries are incestuous. They share the same consultants, they swap employees, they compete for the same market with the same group-think mindset, etc. They all have the same incentives and paradigm for success and thus often act in murmuration'ing way. That is, they're too big and too risk-adverse to consider innovation so they feign being competitive and milk the market the best they can. Step 0B - Realize that for the most part the gov - via Cronie Capitalism - will not protect consumers, and will put the thumb on the scale for the largest players. Your rights and privacy - in the context of Surveillance Capitalism (which the gov benefits from) - are more myth than they are real. Step 0C - Realize that all the steps follow are rarely successful. Sure, you can try but the odds are not in your favor. You end up paying the subscription and/or having your usage data sold in some black box cyber back room.