If Adobe believed that the market would not respect the use of average cost rather than marginal cost, it wouldn’t make the software because it could not reasonably anticipate recovering its costs and making a profit.
I’m not saying that Adobe has a “right” to make a profit. I’m saying that there are consequences to the position “Adobe has no right to make a profit.”
Yes. I agree with you entirely about prices and profits.
My only reason for commenting is that I wanted to clarify the meaning of the terms “average cost” and “marginal cost”. The former includes amortized costs, the latter doesn’t.
If Adobe believed that the market would not respect the use of average cost rather than marginal cost, it wouldn’t make the software because it could not reasonably anticipate recovering its costs and making a profit.
I’m not saying that Adobe has a “right” to make a profit. I’m saying that there are consequences to the position “Adobe has no right to make a profit.”
Yes. I agree with you entirely about prices and profits.
My only reason for commenting is that I wanted to clarify the meaning of the terms “average cost” and “marginal cost”. The former includes amortized costs, the latter doesn’t.