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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by xwdv on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:30AM (#27195986)
They will not "bully you every inch of the way". Go ahead, start a competitor. Here's how it will go: First they will ignore you. You are so small they will not even know you exist. Then when you start getting some noticeable but still insignificant volume of marketshare, they will laugh at you. Then when you actually start getting too much market share they will actually do something and fight you. If you survive that you will either win or they will buy you.
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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by JohnWhigham on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:17PM (#27197876)
>If you survive that you will either win or they will buy you.

That's the problem though. No one in the modern age has traditionally won against these companies, they just get happily bought. It's very arbitrary and sure, it's not breaking any laws, but it's also doing absolutely nothing for promoting a healthy industry. Is this the best "free" market we can muster?

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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by xwdv on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:27PM (#27200559)
If you get bought out, then it just reveals what you're true intentions were all along.
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