To a company with a presence & reputation in the American market, "profit" consideres reputation and repeat customers. To a fly-by-night foreign company with no name, "profit" begins and ends at the point of sale.
> To a company with a presence & reputation in the American market, "profit" consideres reputation and repeat customers.
Not true. Think about all those telcos, ISPs, car producers, etc. that just sell bad products and services, don't give a damn about their customers and still profit. Unfortunately, business at large figured out how to be malicious to customers without losing money.
When was the last time you trusted your life to something that boldly tested the limits of that edge?