• darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 days ago

    Not approving of any corporate behaviours here, but extracting the maximum price a market will bear has been the basis of pricing and supply/demand since such concepts existed which is at least 250 years.

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      I don’t disagree but it seems to me it’s going crescendo, with de facto monopolies running the show and buying anything that could be an obstacle, be it other companies or policymakers.

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        So if it makes sense to charge people in India 1/4 the people in the US why can’t we pretend we are in India? People travel to other continents for healthcare.

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          I suppose the argument would be, yes that’s fine as long as you only use it in India…? 🤷🏻‍♂️

          Again, not saying I agree but it’s hard to make a comparison like that I think.