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		Arainach 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft has a problem: lack of demand for its AI... The free market abhors competition. It's much more profitable to be a monopoly - and profitable enough by far to squash any competitors in infancy.

graemep 1 day ago [–]

Capitalists abhor competition. Adam Smith (as in "invisible hand") pointed this out. That is a subversion of a free market.

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