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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by anm89 on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:08PM (#22514078)
As other have pointed out, they probably didn't have a bunch of executives sit around in an empathy session. They made a cost benefit analysis that this was the best course of action given the current cultural/political climate.

Nothing to do with empathy.

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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by JMTQp8lwXL on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:13PM (#22514119)
What is Starbucks getting on the benefit side of the equation? Fewer visits, less money spent, and less time spent in locations.
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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by tmpz22 on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:27PM (#22514215)
People are assuming a cost/benefit analysis was made and the right profit-generation decision arrived on. I’m more inclined to believe they guessed and they guessed wrong - trying to calculate the relative cost of Twitter outrages is impossible and over the next few years they will correct the decision based on homeless deterrence strategies they develop in the meantime.
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Re:The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods by anm89 on Saturday March 07, 2020 @06:18PM (#22514946)
I think they traded a fixed reduction in sales for removing the possibility of a massive boycott / public image blowout. This is essentially an insurance policy.
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