> The reason why you can’t buy a premium phone with a headphone jack is because the masses (markets, customers and corporations together) collectively decided not to make one, and you can’t afford $10bn to build your own parallel manufacturing line.
These design and manufacturing decisions are made by a very small number of people. Consumers buy the items that are successfully marketed to them by advertisers, not because they en masse collectively requested something. This is an oligarchy, not a democracy.
These design and manufacturing decisions are made by a very small number of people. Consumers buy the items that are successfully marketed to them by advertisers, not because they en masse collectively requested something. This is an oligarchy, not a democracy.