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epicureanideal on Nov 30, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Tech Monopolies Go Vertical

That sounds like a once-in-several-lifetimes business opportunity that they won't get a chance to repeat.

After tens of millions of people are harmed by this, laws will be passed, or knowledge will be passed down never to do this again.

marcosdumay on Nov 30, 2020 [–]

Tell me when Microsoft is bankrupt.

They were one of the first to do that, and have been doing for more than a decade, while profits only increase.

Then Google, Apple and Amazon.

epicureanideal on Nov 30, 2020 | [–]

It hasn't become enough of a pain yet. People haven't been sufficiently burned.

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