Wait, in this narrative, who’s making the profit??
It’s a tactic where you underprice competitors in order to drive them out of business. You lose money right up until you steal their whole client base and they’re forced to shut down. Once you’ve eliminated the competition, you’re free to hike up prices obscenely high. This is how Amazon destroyed traditional bookstores.
Pretty sure Standard Oil did the same thing too
Walmart does this in small towns
Yes this is a capitalist tactic used by many companies, including Amazon, Standard Oil, and Walmart.
So @staff turned on Safe Mode for me this morning (which, like everyone who had it turned off, I did not want.) Quick way to tell if it’s turned on? The icons of your friends with NSFW flagged blogs will suddenly look like this:
I initially thought it was just Tumblr being it’s usual POS, held together with bubblegum and Axe body spray self, but nope, safe mode was on. Just thought I’d share to help others get rid of it as quickly as possible.
