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Sweet analogy.. But, you missed to mention the ecological effects.
by BenBoone 14y ago
Sweet analogy.. But, you missed to mention the ecological effects.
- retube 14y agoI don't get this analogy at all. What is he saying, that consumers discriminate on the basis of price for both meat and hosting solutions? So what? This is hardly an insight. Most products and services are largely discriminated by price. Meat is so cheap in the US due to a mix of lax regulation (around animal care, feed, bulking products, hormones etc) and various financial incentives (subsidies, tax benefits etc.). No idea what this has got to do with the costs of hosting or what the parellels are between the two industries.
- davidkatz 14y agoI think the point was that the quality of both meat and hosting products varies greatly but is not easily understood by consumers. When consumers don't understand what makes something good, you're left with no choice but to compete on price, driving quality down even further. In the end you could get a market where most offerings suck, very little people are aware of it, and almost everyone is worse off. I do however agree that the article provided very little insight.