Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

Re:Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits... by ntoskrnl on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @12:19PM (#31741642)

He doesn't seem unhinged to me. He seems like he has a singular goal: lowest ticket prices, and he's willing to entertain crazy ideas in pursuit of that goal that nobody else would. It's a refreshingly honest take on their corporate strategy. What's wrong with that?

And to state the obvious, if as a traveler you don't share that goal of getting the absolute cheapest ticket at all costs, you shouldn't fly Ryanair. But he's doing a great job here selling to his target demographic.

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Re:Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits... by doliveira on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @01:21PM (#31742760)

I want people in positions of power to be bland and boring, thank you very much.

This whole thing of appealing to popularity amongst a particular subset of the population by being "unorthodox", "refreshingly sincere" and "blunt" is really just a ruse to amass a little bit of unchecked power.

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Re:Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits... by mthoms on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @12:33PM (#31741893)

>He seems like he has a singular goal: lowest ticket prices

That's just a means to an end for his real singular goal: higher profits

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, but his real singular goal is not "lowest ticket prices".

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Re:Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits... by ntoskrnl on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @12:59PM (#31742362)

While true, that's a bit reductionist. All companies want higher profits. What's interesting is how companies differ from each other while chasing that goal.

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