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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

They figured out that that statement isn't true when they control the entire market through insider fixing and oligopolistic practices. They also figured out that the average person's tolerance for eating shit is much higher than previously thought.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Or they whine "young people just don't want to invest themselves" in their shitty company.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Hey, the more tranquility in the market, the more you get investors looking to enter it and extract things. Your goal should be to make it a hell scape for all involved and with an acceptable margin if you want to maintain your vice president position.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not as high as they thought, though. Which is why all the streaming services are losing customers and getting super desperate.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

To be fair most streaming services were never profitable and ran purely off VC funding