> In a proper capitalistic system, those who build low quality e-commerce services, including hackable ones, should go out of business
If the impact is large enough, they do.
This not a case where binary thinking works for most situations, though. The costs associated with the attack will hurt them by damaging their balance sheets a little bit, taking capital away from more productive opportunities, and distracting their employees from more fruitful tasks.
There’s always a public thirst for immediate blood in these situations, but the damage is more subtle and manifests more as opportunity cost than a sudden collapse of the company. The demand for sudden stock market collapse of companies is ironic, given all of the criticisms thrown at companies for putting too much emphasis on short term stock results.
If the impact is large enough, they do.
This not a case where binary thinking works for most situations, though. The costs associated with the attack will hurt them by damaging their balance sheets a little bit, taking capital away from more productive opportunities, and distracting their employees from more fruitful tasks.
There’s always a public thirst for immediate blood in these situations, but the damage is more subtle and manifests more as opportunity cost than a sudden collapse of the company. The demand for sudden stock market collapse of companies is ironic, given all of the criticisms thrown at companies for putting too much emphasis on short term stock results.