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Cute Russian comic. The home of the official English version is here if anyone wants to skip ahead (or support them): https://boosty.to/gabiconomics-en
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They can afford it, owners of carts are all gonna be businesses. They're just sticking to their existing ones for economic reasons or because they don't even know about the other wheels yet.
If they can afford better wheels, I still don’t get how it benefits him to eliminate or squeeze the market for the wheels he’s actually making today, but I’m sure he’s thought through this more than I have.
He doesn't care, he's making more on this as a speculator. The old wheel game is dead and he can switch to this in less time than it took them to start.
Not to mention that ultimately if you force the entire market onto metal wheels they're going to do it no matter what. They're businesses that need their carts. The entire market will switch because they have to.
Maybe wheels are just so crucial to the people that need them that a higher quality item is always the right choice, but I’ve certainly chosen cheaper items previously knowing that if I manage to break it through my lower-level usage, the higher quality item would have been a smarter choice. It’s hard to imagine that higher quality wheels truly eliminate the demand for a cheaper but less durable solution.
Businesses don't work that way. The whole reason SaaS and cloud computing exploded is because businesses would rather pay a premium now to not own liability later. It's why business warranties and service level agreements and all that shit exist in the first place.
Costs are also amortized. If a wheel costs 20 coins and must be replaced every year, and a banded wheel costs 80 coins but lasts six years, then it makes more sense to buy the banded wheel. Similarly, a wheel failing means you lose the revenue the cart would earn you until you replace it, so a wheel that fails less often improves your expected profit.
Not that every business acts that way. Sometimes budget might limit options, sometimes decision-makers may decide the risk is worth it for the savings (they only drive on paved roads or some other particular set of conditions improve the calculus). Some business owners (many!) are irrational or stupid.
Sure, in any scenario where you’re maximizing the use of the wheel, the higher quality one will make more sense. What does the chief gain by further driving the incentives towards the sensible choice?
Also, B2B SaaS is objectively the worst thing ever.