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> Let's tax 1-off products at 100%, and drop that to 0% at 1 billion copies that use that interface. So, billion dollar companies can afford to lock users into
by maltalex 3y ago
> Let's tax 1-off products at 100%, and drop that to 0% at 1 billion copies that use that interface.
So, billion dollar companies can afford to lock users into their ecosystem, but not startups?
- RecycledEle 3y ago> So, billion dollar companies can afford to lock users into their ecosystem, but not startups? Thank you for pointing that out. I meed to revise my suggestion to say that proprietary products are taxed at a higher rate than open standards.
- RecycledEle 3y agoMaybe a proprietary connector on a laptop is taxed according to the cost of buying a replacement connector. If no replacement is available, it's taxed at an absurdly high rate.