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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by supernova87a on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:40PM (#24393596)
Apple and Samsung, offering laptops and tablets that people buy voluntarily, and have plenty of competitors who offer such products at lower price, are trusts that need to be busted?
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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:53PM (#24393695)
People "voluntarily" buy things from trusts all the time. They "voluntarily" subscribe to Comcast.
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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by supernova87a on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:00PM (#24393755)
They "voluntarily" subscribe to Comcast.

Comcast is a clear physical monopoly, the only ones allowed to build and sell internet/cable access to your house.

Your claim is that Apple offers its products at a lower price? Than who?

I never made such a claim. Please read.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:02PM (#24393772)
So then your claim is that Apple has market power because they can charge higher prices than "competitors" and still do more business. I was confused, I thought you meant to be arguing that they weren't a trust?

> Comcast is a clear physical monopoly, the only ones allowed to build and sell internet/cable access to your house.

And yet people still "voluntarily" subscribe to them rather than some slower services like DSL or Satellite.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by scarface74 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @09:12PM (#24395924)
Products that can charge a premium because they offer something others don’t, aren’t a trust. Is Nike a “trust” because they can charge more for Air Jordans?
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