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Re:SoftBank’s losses reveal Masayoshi Son’s broken business ... by kibwen on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:04AM (#32637684)
The argument is that you should be. There's no free lunch; somebody is paying for it, and for every time that you notice that you're getting a deal there will be another time where you're getting screwed, whether or not you happen to realize it. And in the meantime, allowing large companies to throw their weight around like this reduces competition, which harms consumers in the long run even if you benefit in the short term.
Re:SoftBank’s losses reveal Masayoshi Son’s broken business ... by cruano on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:26AM (#32639405)
Not saying I disagree but in my country, the minute Uber Eats started charging for delivery and stopped giving out subsidized free food was the minute a bunch of competitors popped up

So yeah, for a while it was only uber eats but they didn't maintain that lead without those subsidies that were (apparently) a net positive for consumers

Re:SoftBank’s losses reveal Masayoshi Son’s broken business ... by stale2002 on Monday August 29, 2022 @12:40PM (#32640309)
> somebody is paying for it

Ok, and what if it was the investors who were paying for it?

VC funded startups have been a very successful method of transferring wealth from rich investors to consumers.