Well one thing related to profits that businesses care about above all else is cost effiency. In market economy if a produt or service can be made more cheaply and more efficiently without employing any people then there's no incentive to keep people employed.

There's also quite a difference in some small business with handful of employees that is content with just making some money to keep roof over their heads, food on the table and cover the cost of other necessities compared to some huge multinational corporation where most money goes pretty much everywhere but the developers like to fund the already lavish lifestyles of the filthy rich, tax havens and developing the next get set of dark patterns to leech even more money from customers.

[–] SCB 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no small business on this planet that would not accept higher profits with no costs to them or disruption in their customer base.

[–] Vipsu 0 points 1 year ago

Sure and almost all large corporations where small businesses at first until the grew to their current size. The problems usually arise when they hit a wall with their growth and have to start looking for more ways to grow. Often this happens by buying off the competition and eventually enshittification or something like it.

This is not always the chase and there are quite a few independent developers that just spend those profits to make new better games or just keep improving their one successful title.

[–] ToastyBanana 2 points 1 year ago

Hyvin sanottu!