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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Conan Trustrum" data-source="post: 7735049" data-attributes="member: 1620"><p>Understanding market segments is ALWAYS relevant if you're talking about how businesses succeed. Especially if your conversation is about how one business works one way and another works another way successfully.</p><p></p><p>True.</p><p></p><p>But my answer to those situations wouldn't be "that's not important".</p><p></p><p></p><p>The markets will sort out "bad product" on its own (which speaks to your whole point about GR putting out "bad product" but still being highly in demand) and if companies are exploiting people, that too will typically sort it self out in this kind of market. Of course, we also have to acknowledge that in this conversation you're talking about "exploiting" and not exploiting.</p><p></p><p>It's like reading a fortune cookie, but in this case I'm just assuming you are adding "... in my personal opinion despite the markets saying otherwise."</p><p></p><p>Are you under the impression I was trying to?</p><p></p><p>I've stated upthread that people will work for who they want to, as they choose for themselves which terms they are okay operating under.</p><p></p><p>Actually, that's far from the only reason I've presented. As in INCREDIBLY far. The fact that they are bigger has simply been the springboard to those points as I've explained the sort of circumstances that can affect such businesses.</p><p></p><p>Nope.</p><p></p><p>I've explained it with hypotheticals directly to James. I've explained it using examples from my own company. And I've explained it using multiple hypotheticals with you.</p><p></p><p>Sure, you've explained it's your opinion.</p><p></p><p>You've not even come close to proving it as fact, however. That's an important distinction. Indeed, the fact that you conflate a broad range of possibilities into one word, "exploitive," would indicate your either not aware of how this industry works or don't care about any of the realities of its economics beyond "as a freelancer, I gots ta get mine."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve Conan Trustrum, post: 7735049, member: 1620"] Understanding market segments is ALWAYS relevant if you're talking about how businesses succeed. Especially if your conversation is about how one business works one way and another works another way successfully. True. But my answer to those situations wouldn't be "that's not important". The markets will sort out "bad product" on its own (which speaks to your whole point about GR putting out "bad product" but still being highly in demand) and if companies are exploiting people, that too will typically sort it self out in this kind of market. Of course, we also have to acknowledge that in this conversation you're talking about "exploiting" and not exploiting. It's like reading a fortune cookie, but in this case I'm just assuming you are adding "... in my personal opinion despite the markets saying otherwise." Are you under the impression I was trying to? I've stated upthread that people will work for who they want to, as they choose for themselves which terms they are okay operating under. Actually, that's far from the only reason I've presented. As in INCREDIBLY far. The fact that they are bigger has simply been the springboard to those points as I've explained the sort of circumstances that can affect such businesses. Nope. I've explained it with hypotheticals directly to James. I've explained it using examples from my own company. And I've explained it using multiple hypotheticals with you. Sure, you've explained it's your opinion. You've not even come close to proving it as fact, however. That's an important distinction. Indeed, the fact that you conflate a broad range of possibilities into one word, "exploitive," would indicate your either not aware of how this industry works or don't care about any of the realities of its economics beyond "as a freelancer, I gots ta get mine." [/QUOTE]
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