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[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think it's even simpler than that; to find out what the maximum people really will pay is. The price has gone down, but not to what it was before. There's still something like a 20% increase. If people go crawling back, MS has just figured out where the suckers are.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that is also a strategy known to work: Increase 2 steps forward, "oh we hear you community", step back 1 time, profit while looking like the good guy.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"We listened."

No, you didn't you jackals, you had to back down

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

If one idiot falls for that, it's a profit for them