the moment when you have sole control of the market, and can influence it without opposition

then you have a monopoly

there can only be a free market in areas where the bar to enter the competition is low enough

@Strufa and you cant ever have a monopoly when it comes to the internet. Not without draconian regulations

Those are very unstable constructs.

@Ranko so hire from a prison, they can legally be slaves sold to you

@Strufa and even those are ineffective

Honestly, how I feel the ISP problem can be fixed, is that they should break them up, and they're only allowed to own lines in a single state.

That is not necessarily true.

if you need billion of dollars of infrastructure to start, you'll never make it

misomania slaves from prison arent as biddable as other kinds

@Strufa cause you can run stuff in a decentralised fashion, thus there is nobody to hold accountable.

since they can be harden criminals

If you raise prices beyond a certain level you can expect a fall in demand.

And it will also make it easier for competition to enter the market.

@Achlys some companies can and do hire slaves from prisons... the old license plate meme

depends the necessity of the product

that doesnt change the fact that a very big company can have a virtual monopoly

So Centurylink for example can only run shit in Louisiana. And all the other state monopolies they have will have to goto other owners/companies.

if they are so big no one will actually pay for a new rising competition

since they suck

People must be tired of me quoting Thomas Sowell at this point, but read Basic Economics.

@Strufa you just shouldnt deal with american tech companies to begin with

fun fact

TYT has a monopoly on being better than you, MUCH better than you

ppl dont vote with their wallet

TYT?

He cites several notable examples where he has shown that companies everyone thought of us monopolies were quickly displaced.

the young turks

they should @Achlys

Seriously?

Why?

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@Strufa american tech companies are forced to build backdoors into your stuff.

cuz they're the only people announcing it

I have so many books on my to read list

@Achlys there are low security prisons as well, not all are high security. They have them do roadwork, remote work like data entry and other menial tasks

lets stop the theorical bullshit since economy its not a science and lets evaluate the real world impact

@Strufa get some quality swiss products for example instead

Just empty your to read list and read Thomas Sowell.

A guy at work wants me to read notes form underground, the Marxist discord wants me to read anti Oedipus

Then I finally have someone to talk to.

that goes for both hard and software