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Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by sangnoir on Saturday July 16, 2022 @02:07PM (#32120434)
The only way I can think of is to make profits above a certain level unprofitable by taxing them at a high rate with ratcheting without bracketing (i.e. any amount up to $X billion taxed at 10%, but anything greater than $X + $0.01 will be taxed at 60% for the entire amount, resulting in a tax graph that is discontinuous for profit vs. tax). Profits can be tinkered with, so perhaps do that with revenue instead. Then, for companies of a certain size will have no need for sales executives, and will be punished by Wall Street for exceeding optimal sales targets.
Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by blackoil on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:10PM (#32122794)
This will make whole internet fragmented, why serve customers beyond revenue target, so best products will be available only to most profitable customers.
Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by sangnoir on Saturday July 16, 2022 @09:55PM (#32123726)
One could say the car industry is also "fragmented": but we have up-market OEMs and Toyota/Honda.
Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by eurasiantiger on Sunday July 17, 2022 @02:29AM (#32124912)
Isn’t this already the common theme in capitalism?