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"extremely successful business decision" and "inherently disliked" can both be true. Increasing fees quite often works out for the business too, but consumers d
by danlitt 7mo ago
"extremely successful business decision" and "inherently disliked" can both be true. Increasing fees quite often works out for the business too, but consumers don't generally like it.
- logifail 7mo ago> consumers don't generally like it I'd prefer looking at what (potential) consumers actually do rather than what they say. "Saying" is a really weak signal.
- SiempreViernes 7mo agoOk mr sceptic, where are your numbers showing consumers buy more of a thing after it becomes more expensive?
- logifail 7mo agoWas merely commenting on the observed preference vs stated preference issue (aka "the Say/Do Gap"), not the underlying point about raising prices.
- isnxjsjdn 7mo ago[dead]
- skeeter2020 7mo agoApple has done pretty well historically walking the line between mass consumer and Veblen good. Without them I don't believe we'd see the same variety of high-end devices, they somehow convinced a lot of people that the price of a phone is a signal of it's value.
- NikolaNovak 7mo agoYes, and, op's point stands. I am one of those people: 1. Absolutely despise the lightroom being subscription and 2. Haven't switched yet. There are moats and capabilities and friction. Not every vote with your wallet is a ringing endorsement. I have 15 years of lightroom databases over 100k photos so switching is hard. At the same time those are from the time I did a photography side gig, now I don't so monthly cost for no monthly gains really peeves me. So it absolutely is a successful business decision and it absolutely is widely despised by customer base. Both are true :-)
- isnxjsjdn 7mo ago[dead]