Comment on Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling hacked Xbox user to re-purchase games

SpikesOtherDog@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

• DupaCycki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  🤓 You see, according to economics that’s actually not true. Microsoft would have lost the potential gains from the person repurchasing all of their lost games + new ones. Any good business should base their strategy on potential gains. Losing potential gains is technically a loss, and so the gamer should cover them. Microsoft is not a charity and cannot give away games just because someone shared their password. /s

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  • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip ⁨29⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I know you added the /s and it’s obvious satire, but this exact sentence was probably said by some exec when the support asked for direction on how to handle this.

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  • StitchInTime@piefed.social ⁨53⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I see you have an MBA. I’m impressed by your business sense and wish to follow you on LinkedIn.

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    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨27⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Here’s what depriving consumers from their legally purchased digital goods has taught me about B2B sales

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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I am pretty sure most business financial experts would say this unironically.

    Obviously they also know they are ethically wrong to do this since in this case it isnt the customer’s fault. Also $400 USD is such a tiny expense to a business like Microsoft, I dont see how they couldn’t just comp it. He already paid for them before, so effectively moving the 1s and 0s to a new account will cost them next to nothing, way less than $400.

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  • KC_Royalz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    No need for the /s

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    • SpikesOtherDog@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I have been torn apart for cheeky comments even with an /s.

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