your mother said:
Well, how is it wrong then? |
Wrong is too strong a word. Very few things are black and white. But I do resent people who try to manipulate markets through subsidized products or exploit ignorance by trying to lock people into supply dependancy. Anybody who is selling products below cost is looking for power instead of profit. Obviously profit is the long-term goal, it's the use of power as a means of achieving it which I distrust.
Just like I distrust products which depend on massive marketing budgets to sell. Advertising is another kind of manipulation. Some marketing is necessary to make people aware of your product and what it offers, but beyond a certain point it becomes a kind of mind control over the hapless. A company which spends tons of money on advertising isn't spending that money on R & D or quality control, so I suspect the quality or technical superiority of their products and resent their attempt to manipulate me.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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