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		akira2501 on Sept 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly... There's the old line about "temporarily embarrassed millionaires." I feel like Hacker News types see themselves as "temporarily embarrassed monopolists."

Robotbeat on Sept 26, 2023 | [–]

I mean… that’s basically the business case behind many tech companies, right? Build a moat.

kmeisthax on Sept 26, 2023 | [–]

HN is run by a VC firm, and the explicit goal of the companies they fund is to grow very big very quickly. While HN's audience extends beyond that the VCs do leave behind a huge imprint.

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