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Competition is just a euphemism for fighting. You're saying that more fighting is better. Isn't that crazy? You'd think that fighting would be wasteful and ups

Competition is just a euphemism for fighting. You're saying that more fighting is better. Isn't that crazy? You'd think that fighting would be wasteful and upsetting. That peace would be better. It's a crazy world.

nicoburns 4y ago
I'm not convinced competition is a euphemism for fighting. Competition can be friendly.
- swayvil 4y ago
  You got any examples of "friendly, nonfighting type competition" in the business world?
  - rglullis 4y ago
    All of the oligopolies? Do you really believe that, e.g, tech companies are "fighting" each other? What about Big Pharma? The Food industry? In any case, you are arguing semantics. Competition can be friendly.
    - swayvil 4y ago
      The tech, food and pharma industries fight each other tooth and nail. I don't think this "friendly competition" happens in the business world. It's just an ordinary fight.
      - rglullis 4y ago
        I guess we have different ideas for "fighting tooth and nail". - Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt would regularly discuss matters together. - They have pretty solid "do not poach" agreements. - None of them actively blocks their products from running on each other platforms - None of them launch products with the sole intent of destroying each others cash cow. E.g, Google could release flagship products at budget prices forever, just to take from Apple's market share. They certainly wouldn't lose money over it. Why don't they do it? Competition? Ok, but it never comes to the point where they actually want to inflict damage on one another. This is as friendly as it gets.
      - 8note 4y ago
        Pepsi not releasing coke's formula despite knowing it Bill Gates bailing out apple
  - macinjosh 4y ago
    https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/microsoft-to-invest-150-million-in-apple/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/microsoft-to-invest-...
Bakary 4y ago
Forget the word competition. Just think of it as smart people having an incentive to produce something with beneficial effects or externalities for once.

nicoburns 4y ago

I'm not convinced competition is a euphemism for fighting. Competition can be friendly.

swayvil 4y ago
You got any examples of "friendly, nonfighting type competition" in the business world?
- rglullis 4y ago
  All of the oligopolies? Do you really believe that, e.g, tech companies are "fighting" each other? What about Big Pharma? The Food industry? In any case, you are arguing semantics. Competition can be friendly.
  - swayvil 4y ago
    The tech, food and pharma industries fight each other tooth and nail. I don't think this "friendly competition" happens in the business world. It's just an ordinary fight.
    - rglullis 4y ago
      I guess we have different ideas for "fighting tooth and nail". - Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt would regularly discuss matters together. - They have pretty solid "do not poach" agreements. - None of them actively blocks their products from running on each other platforms - None of them launch products with the sole intent of destroying each others cash cow. E.g, Google could release flagship products at budget prices forever, just to take from Apple's market share. They certainly wouldn't lose money over it. Why don't they do it? Competition? Ok, but it never comes to the point where they actually want to inflict damage on one another. This is as friendly as it gets.
    - 8note 4y ago
      Pepsi not releasing coke's formula despite knowing it Bill Gates bailing out apple
- macinjosh 4y ago
  https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/microsoft-to-invest-150-million-in-apple/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/microsoft-to-invest-...

Bakary 4y ago

Forget the word competition. Just think of it as smart people having an incentive to produce something with beneficial effects or externalities for once.