Yes, sometimes just going elsewhere is the right move. No , government doesn't always need to step in.
Price Fixing rules exist to protect consumers and to ensure a well regulated free market economy. A fair system of pricing and distribution refers to a company not charging 100 US for a product in the United States, and 1000 US for that same product outside the United States for no reason other than profit and exploitation of foreign markets. Adobe stepped back from its overinflated pricing of Cloud Subscription in Australia after consumer outrage, and now sells Cloud Subscriptions to Australia at close to the same price as the US, save for sales tax adjustment or something like that. So in that way, it was a win. On 9 May 2013 16:21, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Vivec wrote: > > > Generally, protecting people from dangerous things. > > In a free market (even free-ish), setting prices should NEVER EVER be part > of these rules. > > Yes we differ here. You honestly feel that it is NEVER the right answer? > That every single product out there should be super-regulated to the point > that they are REQUIRED to provide a quality product? > The government involvement in your own business in order to make that > actually happen should scare the living shit out of you. > > You can look at them but they have no place in this conversation. Adobe > doesn't have a monopoly. There are alternatives. Good ones. > > At the time, Microsoft did have a Monopoly. > > I feel like perhaps you don't use the same definition of the word > "Monopoly" that I do. > > Again, that's an entirely different conversation. Apples and oranges. > No-one is colluding to force you to buy PhotoShop instead of the plethora > of alternatives out there. > > No, very clearly a whole different thing entirely. > > Ah, this we agree on. Consumers can get very very mad and stop buying the > product. They can also complain all over Facebook and Twitter, then open up > their window and shout obscenities in Adobe HQ's general direction. They > can start petitions and form companies that they hope will one day put > Adobe out of business. These are all rights that consumers should have. > > None of these things require the government to step in. > > Clearly, I disagree. > > Again, you and I have very very different opinions on what the word > "Monopoly" means. > > Do you not believe that this is your choice, as a business owner? you think > that the government should step in and tell you who you can sell to and > what prices they should change? I don't. I bet you don't either, in > reality. > > This didn't work out so well in the Soviet Union. I would be curious to > know how your proposed governmental "Global Master Price Planning" would > work exactly, and how it would not be a corrupt crappy shitstorm. I would > also be curious what price they would tell you to charge for your goods and > services. > > I'm not sure if Adobe's pricing in Austrailia is a win? Not sure what you > are saying here. > > -Cameron > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363465 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
