spujb@lemmy.cafe to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoi sell my lemonade on a subscription basis and charge cancellation feesimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1418arrow-down110
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minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoyou’re overcomplicating it. it’s about profit, period. and different market categories will eke out that profit in different ways. for example, medical fields force profits not by attractivity, but by hiding cost behind opaque “insurance” structures.
minus-squaretormeh@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoYou’re not wrong; highly regulated markets like medicine can be extremely dysfunctional. But lemonade is not medicine, so I feel like you’re moving the goalposts a bit here.
minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agousing a metaphor to analyze its subject is actually pretty common but whatever
you’re overcomplicating it. it’s about profit, period. and different market categories will eke out that profit in different ways.
for example, medical fields force profits not by attractivity, but by hiding cost behind opaque “insurance” structures.
You’re not wrong; highly regulated markets like medicine can be extremely dysfunctional. But lemonade is not medicine, so I feel like you’re moving the goalposts a bit here.
using a metaphor to analyze its subject is actually pretty common but whatever