Yeah, “they” like to claim market forces as well as supply and demand will balance things. But in so many cases, the person making the monetary decisions isn’t the person impacted by them.
Like big box stores… if a location can’t hire enough people at the rate the central office wants, they tell the location to make due. They aren’t personally impacted by the shortage, all they see is numbers.
Software. The decision maker on what to buy is almost never the user of the software. So the software is designed to look good to the decision maker, not to work well for the user.
Market forces just doesn’t work at this scale.
Yeah, “they” like to claim market forces as well as supply and demand will balance things. But in so many cases, the person making the monetary decisions isn’t the person impacted by them. Like big box stores… if a location can’t hire enough people at the rate the central office wants, they tell the location to make due. They aren’t personally impacted by the shortage, all they see is numbers. Software. The decision maker on what to buy is almost never the user of the software. So the software is designed to look good to the decision maker, not to work well for the user. Market forces just doesn’t work at this scale.