>as every other company that focuses on cost cutting over innovation and supporting future innovations.
Not every company needs to innovate. Some companies do the opposite, they are late movers with outstanding marketing.
We grew up with Google being the cutting edge, but that is far more expensive and risky than hiring a bunch of psychologists and marketers to figure out how to monetize old product at bigger profits.
They are doing this with their Pixel series as a prime example. They originally made the best budget smart phone with ~0 marketing, word of mouth made the Nexus great. Today, they have removed some hardware, charged literally 7x, and have ads running.
There is a happy fantasy of capitalism where each company innovates and competes for the best product. The reality is that plenty of companies are fine with producing a low quality product, selling it at a high price, and having the marketers find some niche that makes the product appear high quality so customers can rationalize their decision.
I genuinely hope that Marketing/Psychology is 'canceled' before I die. Its a horrible thing for humans.
Not every company needs to innovate. Some companies do the opposite, they are late movers with outstanding marketing.
We grew up with Google being the cutting edge, but that is far more expensive and risky than hiring a bunch of psychologists and marketers to figure out how to monetize old product at bigger profits.
They are doing this with their Pixel series as a prime example. They originally made the best budget smart phone with ~0 marketing, word of mouth made the Nexus great. Today, they have removed some hardware, charged literally 7x, and have ads running.
There is a happy fantasy of capitalism where each company innovates and competes for the best product. The reality is that plenty of companies are fine with producing a low quality product, selling it at a high price, and having the marketers find some niche that makes the product appear high quality so customers can rationalize their decision.
I genuinely hope that Marketing/Psychology is 'canceled' before I die. Its a horrible thing for humans.