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Re:Qualcomm shook down the cell phone industry for almost 20... by kortilla on Thursday June 02, 2022 @04:23AM (#31592651)
That’s not manufactured scarcity, that’s planned obsolescence. Those are different things.
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Re:Qualcomm shook down the cell phone industry for almost 20... by RealityVoid on Thursday June 02, 2022 @05:56AM (#31593118)
Yes, sure, but the two kind of go hand in hand. Media copyright, for example, is manufactured scarcity.
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