Re:Our restaurants are failing. Why should food delivery app...
by haltingproblem on Saturday May 16, 2020 @12:49PM
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I never ever said anything about top-down choice depriving solutions. That is a straw-man you have dragged into this conversation.
This is not a debate about the merits of capitalism vs. socialism (or communism).
This is simply saying that some free-market solutions lead to worse outcomes for society. My hoped-for solution was a co-op model app which is completely in the free market realm.
You went ahead and made this about the inherent virtue of capitalism and choice.
I really dont know what you are saying about Amazon since you seem to be equivocating. Not letting Amazon be a monopoly is depriving their customers of choice!
I don't like the societal purpose questioning because people forget that not everyone has a lot of money to spend - the trade-off will almost definitely be between "ethics" and the cost to the person on the street.
I don't buy my books from Amazon because I love Amazon, I do it because it's the cheapest option and I know it'll work. If you want to spend a bit more and support a local book company that's up to you but Amazon is undoubtedly a better experience than any other company I've seen (Specifically for relatively niche technical books, if it was a fiction book it's basically the same).
^ that isn't to say Amazon should he left to monopolize as they please, just that the nuance is easily missed.