The age of Chivalry and HONOUR is clearly On life support?
I agree The manufacturer does seem to have set themselves up on the inside track. Thats because outcomes on any given day are almost guaranteed to favour Daddy Warbucks, or who has the most dedicated and largest armed security staff and/or legal shysters or who has the biggest banktoll in Suisse bank accounts.
It’s literally that with with Sonova, who own 50% of Boots and Walgreens the other bit. Neither pays tax on their profits in the U.K.: they can choose where they take profit in the supply chain as the prices at wholesale are just an accounting creation.
We’ve created a system where ALL the money gets funnelled upwards and people end up punching down at the small guy while worshipping the billionaires. That’s why there’s no slack in the service model.