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givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 week agoEverything with “middle men” is like that.
Numbers get inflated then discounted.
It’s why it’s present at every step of capitalism, at every step someone takes a cut, so the price is inflated, then “discounted” to what consumers are willing to pay which is still an insane profit margin.