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> What's more, they're a publicly traded company. That means their primary product is no longer what they sell. Their primary product is stock dividends. That i
by robertlagrant 4d ago
> What's more, they're a publicly traded company. That means their primary product is no longer what they sell. Their primary product is stock dividends. That is their primary business now. Whether you're buying a service or a product from Google, you're no longer their true customer.
Who is their true customer then?
- da_chicken 4d agoThe same as every publicly held company. The shareholder. What else did you think the Friedman doctrine meant?
- robertlagrant 4d agoFriedman was a very smart man. I think he knew what a customer is.
- MrSkelter 3d agoThat’s just unfounded hero worship. You need to provide evidence he was right.
- robertlagrant 3d agoIt's not hero worship to think he knew what a customer was. It's pretty basic, and given he won the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, he probably knew more than the basics.