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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by munificent on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @02:19PM (#25766723)
I haven't given any real thought to this, but maybe in terms of regulations, we should think of free software products as another kind of price dumping. It's essentially price dumping down to zero.
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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by gowld on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @03:40PM (#25767671)
Dumping is different from bundling, but the boundary is fuzzy.

Dumping is an unsustainable business practice that cripples competitors before raising prices to sustainable levels.

Bundling isn't bad if its price is higher than cost and it's cheaper for customers than unbundling.

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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by hnick on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @06:21PM (#25769417)
I've had similar thoughts but free software is so pervasive. Would this apply to stuff like Foxit Reader, 7zip, or Discord? It might be really hard to draw the line.
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