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I think we've seen over the last 20 years that the 80s definition of undue market power is unfit for purpose in an era where state-granted IP monopolies (copyri
by mjburgess 3y ago
I think we've seen over the last 20 years that the 80s definition of undue market power is unfit for purpose in an era where state-granted IP monopolies (copyright, patents, etc.) and network effects (app-stores and other two-sided markets) create novel sorts of anti-competitive market power. It is highly likely these state granted rights over IP are part of nvidia's market power.
Prima facie, we should be suspicious that nvidia is able to keep $11bn out of $19bn -- why is no investor on the planet not chasing after at least half that?
In the end what we want is a free market where competition drives down prices by limiting profits, and where the power of capitalists is limited by their need to compete, and where the power of labour is improved likewise (and so on).
Given just why we even have a free market in the first place, companies like nvidia cropping up should be a cause for concern.
My hope is, exactly, that this is a transitiory effect where they're able to exploit their market position only in the very short term.