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> "No one prospers without rendering benefit to others." — Tadao Yoshida This quote describes how things should be, not how things actually are.
by daymanstep 2y ago
> "No one prospers without rendering benefit to others." — Tadao Yoshida
This quote describes how things should be, not how things actually are.
- Wolfenstein98k 2y agoIn the long run it is true. Name a company which has prospered, over many years, without rendering benefit to its customers.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoReal estate agencies? Most middleman in general have a shakey premise for if they "benefit" their customers. On a less subjectve level, I feel the "Embrace, extend, extinguish" mentality runs counter to this ideal. the FAANGs did indeed render benefit to its customers early on. You can argue by now almost all of them 20 years later have long shifted towards being gatekeepers that employ dark patterns or outright rent seek these days, rather than acting like a customer-focused company.
- bjourne 2y agoVirtually every casino and gambling company in existence.
- alvah 2y agoAre you suggesting casino and bookmakers' clients derive no utility at all from gambling? In the absence of any enjoyment or other benefit, who forces the clients to participate?
- daymanstep 2y agoSame argument can be made for tobacco salesmen, drug dealers etc. If people pay money for something then they MUST derive some benefit from it... I find that assumption questionable. Other things I could mention: multi-level marketing, snake oil sellers e.g. homeopathy astrology etc.
- alvah 2y agoI find the assumption that every casino and gambling company in existence provides no benefit, of any kind, to any of their customers....extremely questionable.