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account42 on March 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vivaldi co-founder: Advertisers 'stole the interne...

> it's still common for physical books to cost more based on the quality of paper and binding, illustrations etc.

Is the increased price usually actually due to the increased production cost or is this just good old price discrimination?

BerislavLopac on March 14, 2023 [–]

Probably both, but it doesn't really matter: if the content is exactly (or even mostly) the same, obviously it's only the production value that justifies the price difference.

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