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> What? If Apple or FedEx could get customers to (sustainably) pay them without actually providing a product in return, do you think they would have kept making
by musicale 3y ago
> What? If Apple or FedEx could get customers to (sustainably) pay them without actually providing a product in return, do you think they would have kept making phones and delivering packages just for the hell of it?
That's a strange counterfactual. Why would customers keep paying a company that doesn't provide any goods or services to anyone? They're not really "customers" anymore if all that is happening is money transfer to the company.
- dpig_ 3y agoIt's not really strange at all. It's a clear illustration of why your perspective is incomplete.
- musicale 3y agoHow are they "customers" if the company is no longer providing any goods or services to anyone and is just taking their money? > incomplete see "usually"
- Izkata 3y agoI think they were confused why you included the word "usually".
- musicale 3y agoI was considering that there could potentially be exceptions, perhaps some non-public facing investment or trading firms without traditional "customers". So "usually".