> You don't intentionally buy food at the most expensive store just to make the store more sustainable/profitable, do you?
I do regularly; I don’t know if it’s the most expensive, but it’s absolutely not the cheapest. However, it’s a small market just a few blocks walk away and a small business and I value the proximity of it to my home so would like to see it continue to exist.
I think the decision should be reframed as: am I trying to spend as little as possible, or maximize value, which aren’t always the same thing.
Exactly. This is just an example of valuing service (proximity, owners we sympathize with) over and above the product they carry. Nothing wrong with it.
Yeah, agree with you. I also like going to a local farmers market. Because of proximity, familiarity, the idea of supporting local businesses, quality, etc. I feel none of that for Silicon Valley Webapps. You’re cheaper and better, I subscribe, your competition gets better and cheaper, I am out.
comprehension in the mud. speed to keyboard ftw! the glaring contradiction doesn’t seem to even register:
(a) i do (ie intentionally buy from the most expensive store)
(b) i don’t know if it’s the most expensive but it’s absolutely not the cheapest. (i.e. maybe i don’t, in fact)
I do regularly; I don’t know if it’s the most expensive, but it’s absolutely not the cheapest. However, it’s a small market just a few blocks walk away and a small business and I value the proximity of it to my home so would like to see it continue to exist.
I think the decision should be reframed as: am I trying to spend as little as possible, or maximize value, which aren’t always the same thing.