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Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoThen what is the point?
Why are they not allowed to create a good service and profit?
Why are the competition unable to take marketshare with lower fees?
It feels as if you have this number, >billion, makes a company evil. Why?
I agree with you that no single person needs a billion, but having earned it doesn’t make them bad. They innovate and move everything forwards. I’d much rather see my money with Valve than with EA, Activision Blizzard or any of the other faceless giants out there.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Multimillionaires, billionaires, they’re all part of the problem.
They’re allowed to make a good product and profit, there’s no reason why we allow them to profit so fucking much, if they do it’s because we’re paying more for their product than they actually need to charge us.
Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I agree with you that there’s a problem, but I think you’re targeting the wrong villian here. I shop local whenever I can but there are a few things that are just… big. Video games are worldwide and getting them off the internet is nice. There’s no such thing as a local video game distributor. There’s local indie game development which I do support, but Steam is a product I like which does its job very well.
The problem here is scale, not necessarily who individuals are buying from. Take major league sports as an example. Salaries for indivudual players are in the millions because of the amount of eyeballs attached to wallets that are interested in watching those players. Less eyeballs, less money, and the players would probably be doing the same thing but not be making as much money. Same thing with music. It’s very hard for an artist to make a good living with music, but once they hit global awareness suddenly money will come rollin in from all over the place. This isn’t a problem with the people doing the jobs (although it could be said that major league sports should charge less, they are trying to maximize their profit) but is the result of the amount of people who are willing to pay.
The probelm you’re having is that a company is allowed to suck up so much money and keep it. That’s a problem for governments to handle. Individuals can choose who to give their money to, but sometimes there aren’t any other good choices.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It’s their choice to take a cut big enough that they’re making that kind of profit, no one is forcing them, it’s all greed.
Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Sure, then «attack» the politicians allowing this to happen.
Up corporate tax and income tax for the wealthy.
Don’t attack the companies that play by the rules.
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The funniest thing is, there are billionaires out there that agree tax laws are messed up and think they should be paying more taxes. For them it’s just a stressful hassle to work out which charities should take their money.
SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t believe them for a second. When you have that much money you could just hire people to vet charities for you.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
All of them deserve to be arranged, there’s nothing moral about being a multimillionaire while people are starving.
Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Right, but there’s nothing immoral about it either.
I live in a place where the rich pay their fair dues to the benefit of the less fortunate. That’s where I think you need to focus on getting, not slandering every successful company out of envy.
Thanks for the chat. You were nothing but respectful. Have a great weekend.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
A million dollars isn’t what it used to be. There are older working class multi-millionaires who have saved that much from entirely their own labor.