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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by akira2501 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @12:49PM (#37662092)
There's the old line about "temporarily embarrassed millionaires."

I feel like Hacker News types see themselves as "temporarily embarrassed monopolists."

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by Robotbeat on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:12PM (#37662516)
I mean… that’s basically the business case behind many tech companies, right? Build a moat.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by kmeisthax on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:25PM (#37663689)
HN is run by a VC firm, and the explicit goal of the companies they fund is to grow very big very quickly. While HN's audience extends beyond that the VCs do leave behind a huge imprint.
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