Comment on Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough

psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• admiralteal@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Consumers are not dumb, they're just nearly powerless.

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  • roguetrick@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Workers and consumers actually have all the power, they just don't want to inconvenience themselves by using it. Collective action has destroyed empires and absolutely can annihilate multinationals.

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  • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pirating TV is absurdly easy these days.

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  • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And why are they powerless? That’s right, dumb consumers.

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  • jimbolauski@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The power to buy a product or not is all the power. Consumers may be apathetic about a price raise but they are still choosing.

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