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Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Ummm .... yeah capitalism is Not in any way about choices .... it is about using capital to make more capital. The choices are made by the person with capital, who chooses what products to offer at what price point t maximize profit.
If it was all about choices, I'd be able to choose to buy 6800, or Sora DI. Shimano isn't interested in giving me choices, it is interested is selling what can be sold in a balance of production/supply cost, volume, and cost, to maximize profit.
In any case .... it's just BF. Nothing we say or do here matters all that much.
A LOT of it IS about choices, but it's about choices
made, not choices
offered. And the choices
made by consumers in large part drive what choices are
offered.
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