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Re:Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off by oblio on Thursday October 19, 2023 @05:57AM (#37940690)
> In a free-market economy, the companies that make less optimal decisions will have their lunch eaten by those that don't.

When the downfall of some of these companies takes more than a life time, who gives a hoot?

Lots and lots of companies are starting to be too big to (fully) fail.

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Re:Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off by MichaelZuo on Thursday October 19, 2023 @07:04AM (#37941157)
It's the end consumer that has to pay for every extra bit of overhead accumulated along the way.

And the bill isn't delayed by a lifetime either.

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Re:Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off by CPLX on Thursday October 19, 2023 @07:14AM (#37941232)
Who pays venture capitalists and executives?
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Re:Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off by MichaelZuo on Thursday October 19, 2023 @01:58PM (#37946204)
Did you confuse my comment with someone else's?
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Re:Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off by 0xpgm on Thursday October 19, 2023 @09:30AM (#37942625)
When it becomes too big to fail, it feels to me something other than the market is intervening to keep it alive.
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