Consumer Benefits Debate

Commenters debate whether a business decision, policy change, or market development benefits or harms consumers, frequently questioning or sarcastically challenging claims that it is good for them.

➡️ Stable 0.5x Startups & Business
3,973
Comments
20
Years Active
5
Top Authors
#7084
Topic ID

Activity Over Time

2007
2
2008
19
2009
44
2010
95
2011
99
2012
121
2013
122
2014
116
2015
134
2016
169
2017
240
2018
240
2019
310
2020
328
2021
340
2022
385
2023
449
2024
332
2025
390
2026
38

Keywords

EFF HN SF SO cambridge.org consumers consumer preferences priced benefit choice free trade buy say want revealed

Sample Comments

kylelibra Dec 26, 2013 View on HN

Seems like this can only be good for consumers.

kannishk Nov 5, 2023 View on HN

They don't do for consumers

sbuk Nov 26, 2018 View on HN

How would it do consumers good?

s73v3r_ Jun 18, 2018 View on HN

Consumers don't want that.

bryan_w Jun 17, 2020 View on HN

That sounds like harm to the consumer.

honeybadger1 Jan 17, 2024 View on HN

A win for the consumer is somehow also a loss for the consumer(according to HN commenters).

gigel82 Aug 31, 2021 View on HN

Really, this is a "loss" to consumers how?

ape4 Jun 27, 2018 View on HN

Maybe because they are "consumers"

dvngnt_ Sep 12, 2023 View on HN

how would that benefit consumers?

jimbokun Oct 22, 2025 View on HN

What's the benefit for the consumer?