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		aaomidi on Dec 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple to halt Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sal... So monopolies are only good if they’re unbreakable? Literally a few days ago everyone here was telling us how important it is for beeper to stop working because they’re copying Apple. When is copying and modifications okay and when is it not?

mort96 on Dec 19, 2023 [–]

I don’t know why you think monopolies are good if they’re unbreakable. Being government enforced, patent-based monopolies are some of the most unbreakaboe monopolies, are they not?

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