• hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    Imagine how much good will and long-term profit any given manufacturer could generate right now just by creating consumer-facing parts at a reasonable price and refusing to cater their supply lines to datacenters. The right move now could buy loyalty for decades. People remember.

    • FishFace@piefed.social
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      4 months ago

      Imagine how much good will and long-term profit

      They’d generate loads of good will, which would be forgotten in an instant as soon as a something better or cheaper came along. Consumers are fickle.

    • Smaile@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      A lot also don’t, the low common denominator don’t care about anything other then their consumer habits or if it affects them in the here and now.