this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's such a naïve thing to say. Artificial scarcity is incredibly common and used as a marketing tool by nearly every industry. My favorite example is when digital content has "limited edition" copies.