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[โ€“] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Their entire platform is built on goodwill. After he passes, someone is gonna cash that goodwill in for profit. Seems to be happening to Nintendo. Disney has been doing it for many years.

[โ€“] hglman@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

That is the McKinsey formula, abuse consumer trust to have them over pay expecting the previous quality of goods while you slowly slash all your costs and bottom out the quality of your product. The lag time between your actions to destroy the product and the consumer realizing that your doing is all profit.