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Re:Allbirds CEO on Amazon's copycat strategy by xwdv on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:59PM (#21597971)
It’s not dodgy, it’s capitalism. And thanks to this downward pricing pressure, we enjoy a lot of luxuries today at prices the masses can afford.

If someone can make an Allbirds shoe for $5 that is basically 95% identical as the real thing then the consumer has won.

Re:Allbirds CEO on Amazon's copycat strategy by KirinDave on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:40PM (#21598572)
This is an opinion, not a fact. It's not at all clear that design theft actually leads to better goods at lower prices. It is at least as valid and interpretation that design theft changes the coarse shape by parasitical copying of designer's work, without changing the quality.
Re:Allbirds CEO on Amazon's copycat strategy by xwdv on Thursday November 21, 2019 @05:59PM (#21600684)
Being an opinion doesn’t make it untrue.
Re:Allbirds CEO on Amazon's copycat strategy by KirinDave on Thursday November 21, 2019 @06:23PM (#21600867)
Being an opinion means you need to provide evidence if you expect rational folks to listen.