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Re:US Man Given Prison Sentence for Bot-Farming Music Streams by janalsncm on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:21PM (#50011605)
> isn’t the United States a free market

No, far from it. A free market doesn’t have regulations, subsidies, tax incentives, bailouts, etc.

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Re:US Man Given Prison Sentence for Bot-Farming Music Streams by paulryanrogers on Thursday October 08, 2026 @05:22PM (#50012498)
The 'free' in free markets is a spectrum. A market without anyone enforcing limits will just coalesce to a couple large player(s), and won't remain free for long.
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Re:US Man Given Prison Sentence for Bot-Farming Music Streams by pixl97 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @06:08PM (#50013093)
I think that's just called anarchy.
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