Consumer choice

So you're allowing consumers to book via the conversion tool that they prefer.

which is really important, consumer choice.

If the only choice you give them is call or fill out the stupid web form, like you're eliminating people that are like both, I already know what that equals.

That equals I don't get a call back from you and I have to take the next two hours to see if you respond, right? So you're opening up the number of conversion sources.

Good to see you, Nick and Serene and Rupesh.

So Johnny's saying, for a while, I've always promoted the idea of a data consumer choice.

So a well curated, governed set of data, but let the user interact with it where they feel the most comfortable.

um let's wait for Anna to come back so oh yeah there oh good um what's your thoughts around that like you know have we really allowed our consumers to consume the data and information we provide in the way they best prefer or have we always kind of given them cookie cutter stuff that was easier for us

GM just wanted to sell more subscriptions until they realized you do actually have to sell cars to make money.

It's a huge win, though, for consumer choice.

Legacy automakers are pretty scared of becoming hardware companies alone.

But GM's attempt to force a walled garden proved that you can't fight the smartphone market.

Maybe they simply want their healthcare information available wherever they go.

That is why I support efforts by the Trump administration to increase competition, transparency, and this kind of consumer choice, as well as efforts to use technology to reduce healthcare costs.

We should build on that.

Healthcare needs more innovation.

And those are our two primary, I would say, science-based and applied science offices.

Really, our third silo is what we call the Office of Affordability and Consumer Choice.

And that incorporates areas such as energy efficiency standards for appliances and building codes, as well as industrial technologies that incorporate energy efficiency.

So think large scale heating and air conditioning research and development, as well as community support and assistance for weatherization.

That's really where we look to the future and focus on what can be most effective for America.

I mean, that example you gave of solar is an interesting one and how much it's fallen in cost for a variety of reasons, steps other countries have taken, like China, early-stage investments in research here in this country.

And then you said, like, it's, you know, you kind of played into the other words in the department about affordability and consumer choice.

So not putting, I think, I don't want to put words in your mouth, the idea being not putting... a thumb on the scale for one technology over another, but, you know, let them compete.

That judgment belongs to the property owner, not to a federal licensing authority.

The Austrian case against the ban begins with consumer choice.

In his explanation of the concept of consumer sovereignty, Robert P. Murphy explains that Ludwig von Mises regarded consumer spending as a continuing plebiscite directing entrepreneurs toward the goods people value.

In a market, producers retain their position only by persuading customers.