Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com...
by TeMPOraL on Thursday April 23, 2020 @01:04PM
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> antitrust laws can be used against companies which obtain a high market share simply by anticipating future demand and responding effectively and efficiently.
This would make sense as a feature. If you subscribe to the view that competitive pressure is the source of progress, then you never want any company to actually win. Like a donkey chasing a carrot on a stick, you want companies to endlessly run towards market dominance, but never actually get there - because once they do, they stop contributing to progress.
This would make sense as a feature. If you subscribe to the view that competitive pressure is the source of progress, then you never want any company to actually win. Like a donkey chasing a carrot on a stick, you want companies to endlessly run towards market dominance, but never actually get there - because once they do, they stop contributing to progress.