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Not quite. Cost savings is only one of the many things that can lure a customer toward a purchase. While Louis Vuitton would love to keep costs low, they wouldn't do it at the expense of their status as a luxury brand.

"Bean counter" logic implies putting cost savings above all else, like maybe Walmart or Amazon would do.

I hope airplane customers (the airlines) care as much about safety as they do cost savings, since their customers certainly do.