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That's vertical integration and is mostly orthogonal to anti-competitive behavior. A million dollar startup could do those things too.
by speed_spread 4y ago
That's vertical integration and is mostly orthogonal to anti-competitive behavior. A million dollar startup could do those things too.
- shakes_mcjunkie 4y agoA million dollar startup could compete with these platforms all owned by Amazon?
- speed_spread 4y agoA million dollar startup could own their servers, run a social platform, develop games, sell merch and license some IP on the side. I didn't say they would actually compete significantly with Amazon. Just that you didn't have to operate at a monopoly scale to control a significant portion of your business stack.
- NicoJuicy 4y agoA million dollar startup can buy EA?
- pc86 4y agoThis seems like, at best, intentionally misunderstanding the GP to try to make some political point that isn't even grounded in reality. It's fairly well established that vertical integration is not only not anti-competitive, but benefits both corporations and consumers.
- NicoJuicy 4y agoBy which standard or understanding? I'm going to need some more details before it being accepted as a fact...