• darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    4 months ago

    Not approving of any corporate behaviours here, but extracting the maximum price a market will bear has been the basis of pricing and supply/demand since such concepts existed which is at least 250 years.

    • Beryl@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      4 months ago

      I don’t disagree but it seems to me it’s going crescendo, with de facto monopolies running the show and buying anything that could be an obstacle, be it other companies or policymakers.

      • NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        4 months ago

        So if it makes sense to charge people in India 1/4 the people in the US why can’t we pretend we are in India? People travel to other continents for healthcare.