• glimse@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It says they operated at a loss in SK. If that’s true, I wouldn’t wanna, either.

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        11 months ago

        What the actual fuck are you talking about? A simple google search shows that Amazon very much makes a profit. Do some basic research first before posting bullshit please.

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        11 months ago

        Amazons last financial report has its profit at $10 billion dollars.

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      11 months ago

      Dang, stores better get rid of their loss leaders than.

      Sometimes you gotta take a small loss for the overall benefit of the company/system.

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        11 months ago

        How is remaining in an unprofitable market a “loss leader”?

        Sometimes you gotta take a small loss for the overall benefit of the company/system.

        You really don’t think Twitch did some analysis on this matter before making a decision? Or do you just figure that your uninformed assumptions about their financials are more accurate than their internal analysis? Clearly whatever benefit they were or were not getting from their SK business was not enough to justify the operating costs.

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          11 months ago

          Negative press costs money too. There will be unforeseen costs related to this move.

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            They’re leaving the market. If anything Amazon is putting a shot across the bow of the ISPs who are charging these interconnect fees to get THEM negative press and make the Korean public demand a change in the laws so they can get the Internet they pay for.

            Amazon may be quitting twitch in Korea, but their cloud services are still paying for the dumb fees.

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            What negative press? They’re no longer going to do business in a particular market for completely normal reasons. This isn’t some kind of scandal, it’s a standard decision for a company to make regarding unprofitable operations. Everyone besides you seems to understand this.

            You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.

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        11 months ago

        Loss leaders you know lead to something. Can’t see what it would lead to.

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          11 months ago

          Neither does the person you’re replying to. They probably just learned the term “loss leader” and thought they’d sound smart bringing it up but have no idea how the concept actually works in practice.

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        11 months ago

        Loss leaders work because customers will purchase other products/services. Operating in a market at a loss isn’t what a loss leader is.

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        11 months ago

        Gaming nerds dictating how business should operate is one of the funniest things to observe.

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            11 months ago
            • “corporation” + “bribery” “lobbying” … nope, never seen that before …
            • “corporation” + “breaking the law” … nor that one either …
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              11 months ago

              Correct, but those are both expensive in their own ways.

              If they don’t see a return they won’t do either.

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          Which would cost you more in the end, so if removing it costs more, you keep it in.

          That’s what’s a loss leader is……