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There used to be a consideration of monopolies that tried to hold them back from "Restraint of Trade" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restraint_of_trade https://
by dv_dt 10y ago
There used to be a consideration of monopolies that tried to hold them back from "Restraint of Trade" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restraint_of_trade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restraint_of_trade). The wikipedia page hints that it has been subsumed into modern "competition law" but really it feels like it's dropped away completely as a consideration.
Once you sell a internet connection to a customer, it seems to feel like a restraint of trade if you start messing with the traffic of some companies but not others.
Though I suppose it's not clear how this applies between state governments and cities.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoThat's interesting. I'll have to think on that.