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Why should they be spending all their profits on R&D and not marketing? Do you refuse to wear name-brand clothes because they spend 90% of their profits on marketing?

I just don't get the R&D vs Marketing hate.

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Marketing was the example in the article. It is also one that catches my attention because I was aware of a case where my personal physician was pushing a particular drug and I was aware that pharma salesmen (marketeers) are permitted to encourage physicians to favor their products through controversial freebies like free trips to company seminars in the Bahamas, etc. I have no hate for marketing. If I had found a article contrasting how much is spent on legal versus R&D, I would have used that. And, by chance, yes, I do refuse to waste an extra dime on clothing just for a logo.

> yes, I do refuse to waste an extra dime on clothing just for a logo.

But I notice that you don't pass moral judgment on them for doing so.

We need to separate the (strong, IMO) argument against bad marketing, from the (weak, IMO) argument against the proportion of R&D vs Marketing spend.

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