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0 pointszephen27d ago0 comments

Meh. Not sure why knife dealers would be assumed to be more moral than firearms dealers. See, e.g. Delana v. CED Sales (Missouri)

> the bad PR (see the "found out" and "direct to consumer" part) would make you a hugely unprofitable customer.

That... Doesn't happen.

Boycotts by people who weren't going to buy your product anyway are immaterial to business. The inevitable lawsuits are costly, but are generally thought of as good publicity, because they keep the business name in the news.

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gpm27d ago

People who buy luxury kitchen knives are exactly the type of people who would choose not to buy a product because it is associated with crime.

People who buy (and make) firearms are... pretty close to the exact opposite.

zephenOP26d ago

So now it's "luxury" kitchen knives?

Goalposts moved.

gpm26d ago

Direct to consumer sales of kitchen knives are entirely luxury products... the goalposts are exactly where they've always been.

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dwattttt26d ago

sotto voce the knives are a metaphor

zephenOP25d ago

Doesn't matter.

There will always be some company willing to sell to even the worst person, in any product category.

The response that companies have to boycotts, and the results of the boycotts themselves, are fractally chaotic at best.

But even most nominally socially-aware companies are reactive, rather than proactive.

dwattttt25d ago

Since the knife vendors were metaphors for AI vendors, is the comparison you want to make "AI vendors & weapons manufacturers"? That's the standard we should judge them by?

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0 pointszephen27d ago0 comments

Meh. Not sure why knife dealers would be assumed to be more moral than firearms dealers. See, e.g. Delana v. CED Sales (Missouri)

> the bad PR (see the "found out" and "direct to consumer" part) would make you a hugely unprofitable customer.

That... Doesn't happen.

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gpm27d ago

People who buy luxury kitchen knives are exactly the type of people who would choose not to buy a product because it is associated with crime.

People who buy (and make) firearms are... pretty close to the exact opposite.

zephenOP26d ago

So now it's "luxury" kitchen knives?

Goalposts moved.

gpm26d ago

Direct to consumer sales of kitchen knives are entirely luxury products... the goalposts are exactly where they've always been.

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dwattttt26d ago

sotto voce the knives are a metaphor

zephenOP25d ago

Doesn't matter.

There will always be some company willing to sell to even the worst person, in any product category.

The response that companies have to boycotts, and the results of the boycotts themselves, are fractally chaotic at best.

But even most nominally socially-aware companies are reactive, rather than proactive.

dwattttt25d ago

Since the knife vendors were metaphors for AI vendors, is the comparison you want to make "AI vendors & weapons manufacturers"? That's the standard we should judge them by?

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