[andresgottlieb]

Exactly. Unfortunately we humans have a tendency to believe that we can understand what's useful for the rest of the people better than themselves.

[johannes1234321]

So parenting isn't useful and children should pay their parents? - Just to show that there are other factors at play as well and not all can be measured in money.

To go back to the Microsoft case: They played the market well, that there are no alternatives in some areas and a new owner has hardly a chance to go there.

[vkou]

> So parenting isn't useful and children should pay their parents?

They should, most cultures express it in the form of an expectation that children take care of their parents in their old age.