Not to editorialize, but I think this is kind of a crazy article. Sharing for the laughs and the discussuon.

  • DreadPotato
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    1 年前

    It’s unfortunately not happy days and rainbows in “competition land” either though. It usually just leads to a race to the bottom in the pursuit of infinite profit growth, forcing them to lower quality in a never ending downwards spiral, leaving the customer with shit on all sides.

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      Pretty sure early Netflix was competing with outright piracy, so they had to keep their prices down and their service convenient. Actually that is probably the best state for a digital market to be in, where there is a vibrant piracy community keeping companies honest with both their prices and services. Because fuck the law when all it does is fuck me.

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        1 年前

        At least those are illegal (although perhaps not enforced well enough)