Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge

Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge by hirundo on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @12:33PM (#20286567)

> I just assume any time I'm dealing with a corporation, I'm getting fucked over. That's why I feel no remorse for fucking them over any chance I get.

I don't think that's different from saying "most Elbonians are crooks, therefore I feel no remorse for fucking over Elbonians". Collective punishment isn't a good thing.

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Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge by chillwaves on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @12:40PM (#20286653)

Corporations get to define themselves. They can also dissolve and reform. Can an "Elbonian" do the same?

"Collective punishment" applied to a corporation is called a boycott and I see zero problem with consumers expressing their preference in this way. Zero.

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Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge by JadeNB on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @04:20PM (#20288728)

> "Collective punishment" applied to a corporation is called a boycott

I think that's not the usual meaning of 'collective punishment'. I believe that term is usually applied when many people are subjected to punishment in retaliation for the deeds of one person (or of only a few), not when one person (or corporation) is subjected to punishment by many people.

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Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge by FussyZeus on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @03:12PM (#20288170)

Corporations are not entities born out of their control. They are constructed, deliberately, to maximize profit at a cost that does not exceed that profit. That's all. They are not people and they do not have any sort of rights, or at least they shouldn't.

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Re:Consumers Are Becoming Wise to Your Nudge by minikites on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @12:37PM (#20286626)

There's a difference between individuals and profit maximizing organizations.

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