Jamcie Kerbizz said:
That has nothing to do with capitalism. If anything in your example under capitalism someone is likely to offer that figurative herring on pizza 'for free' and take away all customers to which that herring matters. What you gave away from single unit profit on that herring's cost you got back on volume and scale. Plus you bled your competition and pushed them off the market, if only slightly. Accumulated capital and made the stream of it go your way not theirs.
You clearly don't understand capitalism or business.. Yeah, they will give introductorory samples. Slices (and usually rather small slices at that). And the herring pizza is not figurative in the least. That's actually a thing in my country, as is Conch pizza.
The 'failing' of most economical models is assumption that all consumers have equal access to information (and that is never true)
If ytou know about the game, chances are you have the internet. You have the internet you have equal access to information. That many choose not to make use of theis access to information is not the same as them not having access.
This is why it is important to point your finger at proverbial bastard overcharging you for the toppings on your pizza and scream 'bloody murder'.
And all you'd do is get dirty looks from the people you're holding up who will likely tell you to payfor it or leave it but get the hell out of their way.
HIt's not like you didn't know how much the toppings cost when you ordered the pizza. The retailer is free to charge whatever they want. That's seller's rights. Just like you can say how much you will consent to be paid for your work.
The balance is the porspective buyer has the liberty to either refect or affirm your price and take their business elsewhere.
You equalise the information flow to more of people sharing your preferances and you skew demand flow towards things which are better suited to customer group you are part of. This is also necessary part of capitalism.
Yup but again, it doesn't always work that way and what you're more apt to do is just relegate yourself to the plutocratic minority.
And about CDPR, I found a documentary series by noclip on YT if you're interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNZkTk5gLuo
gives a bit of insight into where they come from and why they make decisions as company, that stand pretty much in opposition to everything rest of industry does.
And you will note that they are not exactly the top of the heap in that industry. They act pretty much like every other company. Just look at how they Manage GoG.