• @rpl6475@lemmy.ml
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    01 day ago

    Companies are so removed from what users want, they only focus on what shareholders want to hear and don’t consider that users will hate it.

    • Lka1988
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      1 day ago

      Because there is legal precedent that says shareholders come first.

      You can blame Dodge for this. Yes, that Dodge.

      • @MrNobody@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        010 hours ago

        So to ensure that a company is more likely to be customer focused, rather than shareholder focused, it’s likely a good idea to only go for companies not listed on the american stock exchanges?

        • Lka1988
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          08 hours ago

          I mean, that’s my take. Also why you hear a lot of moaning and groaning from enthusiasts when a company who makes well-loved products decides to go public. Enshittification always occurs.

      • @fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world
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        018 hours ago

        Too bad, that long-term users still kind of decide the fate of the company (as shareholders at some point realize that their share probably is not worth it).

        I’m really keen to see when this happens to Tesla, I’m thinking about shorting the stock, it’s so vastly overvalued, and there’s strong competition and sales are crashing everywhere (because of too much Nazi)

        • Lka1988
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          017 hours ago

          Too bad, that long-term users still kind of decide the fate of the company (as shareholders at some point realize that their share probably is not worth it).

          Yeah, that’s really the kicker, isn’t it? Legally beholden to the shareholders who demand short term profits forever and ever, risking the loss of long-term customers.

          It’s a guaranteed death.

      • Attention is invisible until you take the time to acknowledge it. People will never treat it as a resource of the same value as these companies, because they don’t even recognize it as something being taken away from them (despite that it is actually the most precious resource - our literal lives), and that disparity will always be profitable.

      • @Zetta@mander.xyz
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        01 day ago

        Most people are unintelligent sacks of meat, not much critical thought about what they do runs through their minds.