I never verified, but some years ago I heard someone expand on that as meaning something like “That which makes customers willing to buy is the right thing to do”. It makes sense. If a moron will buy gold plated lead, a capitalistic perspective says sell gold-plated lead. Ethically a bit fucked? Sure. But interesting nonetheless
Yeah, you’re on the right track, the full quote is “the customer is always right in matters of taste”. But like a lot of sayings (blood is thicker than water being another example), the original intent has been lost and now it means something else colloquially.
I never verified, but some years ago I heard someone expand on that as meaning something like “That which makes customers willing to buy is the right thing to do”. It makes sense. If a moron will buy gold plated lead, a capitalistic perspective says sell gold-plated lead. Ethically a bit fucked? Sure. But interesting nonetheless
Yeah, you’re on the right track, the full quote is “the customer is always right in matters of taste”. But like a lot of sayings (blood is thicker than water being another example), the original intent has been lost and now it means something else colloquially.
It’s interesting how often that happens. Phrases get simplified and as the nuance is lost, the meaning more or less gets reversed.