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Re:The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini by dathinab on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @03:56PM (#24780820)
At the same time price transparency & monopoly restrictions is fundamental for a working capitalism.

Without that there will be no proper self regulating marked and all the points why capitalism is supposed to work will not uphold anymore.

Re:The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini by dstick on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @03:59PM (#24780854)
Yep, it’s a definite ying and yang. Sapiens (the book) spends a few very interesting chapters on the inner workings of this dynamic and how it shaped the world as we know it.