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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by bostik on Thursday June 11, 2020 @04:10AM (#23486357)
I'm pretty sure the USSR would have loved to have technical enforcement mechanisms available so that the great unwashed masses could only use "domestic products" anywhere.

Although, to be fair: a capitalist fears nothing more than a truly free market.

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by Super_Jambo on Thursday June 11, 2020 @04:52AM (#23486598)
'Free' markets are fine there are a multitude of ways to avoid competition without regulatory oversight. From lying about weights & measures to monopolies.

What capitalists fear is a competitive or perfect market. But you'll never see anything close without strict policing of firms.

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by bostik on Thursday June 11, 2020 @05:24AM (#23486820)
That is precisely it: for a hardcore capitalist the idea of having to compete only on price and quality is horrifying.

If you can't have maintainable moats, rent-seeking environments, or bought regulators/lawmakers, what's the point?

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