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[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We all know it's less. You can stop being smarmy about that.

That's how online stores are destroying retail, despite charging equivalent prices. But I do not have access to a specific private corporation's operating costs, any more than you do.

[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the giant company won't tell us how much they're ripping us off, so that must mean they're not

Is quite possibly the stupidest argument you can be making here.

[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 3 points 3 days ago

Nobody made that argument. All that's happened so far is that someone made a strong claim with literally nothing at all to back it up.