Unfortunately that’s rarely true in the short term, and in the long term it’s still not a sure outcome.

@givesomefucks@lemmy.world is right in saying that capitalism keeps rewarding companies that dick over their customers (e.g. through exclusivity, vendor lock-ins etc). This reward can be big enough to essentially oust competitors that focus on convenience and affordability, or the competitors’ investors can push them to adopt the same practices to also make more money short term.

We won’t improve this by just ignoring it and hoping that companies will eventually recognize the advantages of ethical decision making. But we can force them to do so by regulating these unethical behaviors.