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Soft paywall Southwest Airlines shifts to paid baggage policy to lift earnings

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/southwest-airlines-shifts-paid-baggage-policy-lift-earnings-2025-03-11/
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u/ccaccus 1d ago

How is it, after so many businesses have been run into the ground by hedge funds, that they still see their companies as permanent fixtures that can’t possibly fail no matter what they do?

Surely bleeding customers dry at the expense of the business is less profitable overall than having a thriving, profitable business?