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    Samsung is pretty cool like that. Need a TV? Samsung does it. Need a washer dryer set? Samsung. Need artillery? Believe it or not straight to Samsung.

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    I learned this fact from Vocaloid (yep the one with Hatsune Miku), which is also developed by Yamaha. They had a mechanical parts department during WW2, and it survived by switching to making motorcycles after the war.

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    I’d also like an industrial drone for dispersing pesticides and liquid based fertilizers.

    Yamaha: Would you like it to match your motorcycle?

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    Ich: I want to get into cooking. What is some very basic recipe book for beginners?

    Dr. Oetker: What about mine: Dr. Oetkers Schulkochbuch?

    Ich: But I’m actually too lazy to cook. I just gonna buy some frozen pizza.

    Dr. Oetker: Here you go.

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    What’s always been funny to me is that Yamaha also seems to have the cheapest and some of the most expensive stuff too. Look at (piano) keyboards for example.

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      Branching- Pepsi made phones, Nintendo had love hotels probs not and taxi services, Chinese companies make many stuff etc

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      Huge companies used to make a lot of stuff back in the golden age of capitalism. General electric was a big chemicals and plastics company for instance. It was just normal.

      Nowadays, those mega-corporations make more money acting as a bank than they do selling stuff. They’ve just kept some product lines rolling because they’re profitable and safe.

      You couldn’t just start a motorcycle company and be competitive against Yamaha. The specific expertise they have took decades to build, so why waste it by closing down those weird branches when they’re still making money.