LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoSony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrowwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1536arrow-down12
arrow-up1534arrow-down1external-linkSony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrowwww.theverge.comLCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square130fedilink
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·10 hours agoThere is also the choice if making less money that companies are allowed to make. A company that is profitable will still be profitable if they make a tiny bit less profit. But that’s not even seen as an option anymore. The idea that a company should shoulder the cost of anything instead of the consumer is crazy to us.
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoI think, if I understand US law correctly, not a legal choice to publically traded companies.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 hours agoThis is true Dodge vs Ford Motor Company started us down that road to our current shareholder economy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.
minus-squaremogranja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoAnd to top it off, if the tariffs went away in 3 months, would they lower the price back down?
minus-squareDecq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·7 hours agoWhy would they take a hit for something the US population voted for themselves? That makes no sense.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 hours agoWhy would businesses shoulder the burden of economic downturns when they have the option to force poor people to pay for it? Why would they ever save for a rainy day when the laws allow them to constantly redline their buisness? Yeah that’s the question I struggle to shed a tear for souless corporations
minus-squarePhAzE@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·7 hours agoWhy would they make less money just so someone else can pocket some of it? Raising prices is the only and proper business decision to this.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoSo they lower prices when the economy is doing better right?
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-255 minutes agoMaybe, maybe not, but at this point you have to take a breath and acknowledge that you’re getting angry over a hypothetical that hasn’t happened yet.
There is also the choice if making less money that companies are allowed to make.
A company that is profitable will still be profitable if they make a tiny bit less profit.
But that’s not even seen as an option anymore. The idea that a company should shoulder the cost of anything instead of the consumer is crazy to us.
I think, if I understand US law correctly, not a legal choice to publically traded companies.
This is true
Dodge vs Ford Motor Company started us down that road to our current shareholder economy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.
And to top it off, if the tariffs went away in 3 months, would they lower the price back down?
Why would they take a hit for something the US population voted for themselves? That makes no sense.
Why would businesses shoulder the burden of economic downturns when they have the option to force poor people to pay for it?
Why would they ever save for a rainy day when the laws allow them to constantly redline their buisness?
Yeah that’s the question
I struggle to shed a tear for souless corporations
Why would they make less money just so someone else can pocket some of it? Raising prices is the only and proper business decision to this.
So they lower prices when the economy is doing better right?
Maybe, maybe not, but at this point you have to take a breath and acknowledge that you’re getting angry over a hypothetical that hasn’t happened yet.