Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by NOT innovating

Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ... by whatever1 on Monday November 27, 2023 @05:24AM (#38430617)

How are they good? Companies are killing their inventory / safety / rnd / experienced headcount to do buy backs and in the slightest economy disruption they are forcing us to bail them out. Look at finance, airlines, oil, manufacturing for very recent examples.

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Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ... by konschubert on Monday November 27, 2023 @05:46AM (#38430753)

I think it’s good if human working time shifts from oil exploration to other ventures.

That’s what happens when the oil companies do buybacks instead of investing the money

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Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ... by geysersam on Monday November 27, 2023 @07:07AM (#38431329)

That's a good point. However why not just hand out dividends? From what I understand stock buybacks are basically dividends with tax benefits.

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Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ... by throwaway5959 on Monday November 27, 2023 @11:17AM (#38434130)

That’s why they don’t just hand out dividends. If you want to take money out of the business just sell some shares. Long term capital gains in the US isn’t bad.

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Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ... by whatever1 on Monday November 27, 2023 @02:19PM (#38436864)

Plus dividends are independent from the stupid market valuations. Everyone benefits the same, not just the folks who will sell after the uptick of price

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Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ... by whatever1 on Monday November 27, 2023 @06:04AM (#38430875)

If you seek the assassination of a company, it is better to tax them to death instead.

This way at least the money stay in country, instead of sending overseas checks.

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