• protist@mander.xyzEnglish
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    2 years ago

    “I personally chose the price”

    Is that how well-run companies operate? The CEO unilaterally decides the price rather than delegating that out to the numbers people they employ?

    • rook@awful.systemsEnglish
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      2 years ago

      A real ceo does everything. Delegation is for losers who can’t cope. Can’t move fast enough and break enough things if you’re constantly waiting for your lackeys to catch up.

      If those numbers people were cleverer than the ceo, they’d be the ones in charge, and they aren’t. Checkmate. Do you even read Ayn Rand, bro?

      • Kitathalla@lemy.lolEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Is that what Ayn Rand is about? All I really remember is that having a name you chose yourself is self-fulfilling.

    • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
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      2 years ago

      far, far, far, far, far, far, far fewer business people than you’d expect/guess are data-driven decision makers

      and then there’s the whole bayfucker ceo dynamic which adds a whole bunch of extra dumb shit

      it’d be funnier if it weren’t for the tunguska-like effect it’s having on human society both at present and in the coming decades to follow :|

    • lobut@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I think I remember Jeff Bezos in “The Everything Store” book seeing a price they charged for AWS and went even lower for growth. So there could be some rationale for that? However, I think switching AI providers is easier than Cloud Providers? Not sure though.

      I can imagine the highest users of this being scam artists and stuff though.

      I want this AI hype train to die.