Message from @Tinker Tom
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Lab grown
Why would companies want to compete when there is more profit to be made joining this syndicate which has dictatorial control on prices and market power
so a cartel?
that's exactly what's happened with oil and maple syrup
The thing is market base
@Tinker Tom father k raises a really good point
cartels exist in history, they actively destroy competition even through sabotage
Not really @Double Negative
Did microsoft not actively suppress competition until the state intervened?
In order for a cartel to be worth it, you need to have a select few companies being the only ones operating in a market
there's a maple syrup cartel in Canada right now that has complete control over the prices, they are notorious for sabotaging competitors
@a lone father k They did not, including their software was fine
@Double Negative Ok, and how do they sabotage them?
And is environmental protections preventing competition?
no idea, im not in the maple cartel
lmao
Microsoft did, they actively purchased and suppressed natural competition
@a lone father k Citation needed
They probably did, but this was at the birth of the tech industry
@Tinker Tom big dick company A, B and C individually buy a third of an industry. They form a coalition to consolidate resources. Congratulations, you now have a cartel.
In ancapistan there are no market restrictions to prevent this from happening
@Double Negative Ok, what industry
I mean, there's a lot to pick from
Aircraft? Consumer electronics? Baking supplies?
Also
>implying governments break up cartels anyways
Ok let's go with aircraft
I mean, there are anti trust laws that do exactly that
They're never enforced
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Oh yeah, Microsoft bundling internet explorer with windows
funny how that turned out
now nobody uses the garbage they prepackage
Nipped that monopoly in the bud
@Double Negative because of competition my man
Anyways with aircraft
Let's say Cessna made one of their planes with 2 other companies
Jacked up the price by 30% before their cartel