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The monopoly playbook is depressingly uniform across big tech

David Heinemeier Hansson · 13 Jan 2022

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Competition breaks down once someone accrues dominant market power

But that basic market mechanism breaks down once someone like Amazon accrues this dominant level of market power

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  1. But that basic market mechanism breaks down once someone like Amazon accrues this dominant level of market power
  2. Which is why a well-functioning economy depends on countering monopolists, cartels, and dominant players in all regards

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