Tywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoCompany claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rivalarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: opensource[email protected]
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-linkCompany claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rivalarstechnica.comTywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: opensource[email protected]
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32641679 Cloud provider moved most of its 20,000 VMs off VMware.
minus-squareaffiliate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46·1 month agoit feels like monopolies have become so common and widespread that companies are starting to forget that sometimes you can lose customers after raising prices.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoWhat do they care? They can lose 1000 customers with this change before it affects them, and if they lose 1999 customers then they’re still ahead.
it feels like monopolies have become so common and widespread that companies are starting to forget that sometimes you can lose customers after raising prices.
What do they care? They can lose 1000 customers with this change before it affects them, and if they lose 1999 customers then they’re still ahead.