spujb@lemmy.cafe to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoi sell my lemonade on a subscription basis and charge cancellation feesi.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1420arrow-down110
arrow-up1410arrow-down1external-linki sell my lemonade on a subscription basis and charge cancellation feesi.imgur.comspujb@lemmy.cafe to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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