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A theoretical cartel can do precisely nothing, since it's a mere mental construct. It takes an actual cartel to fix prices (ignoring as a distraction the fact t
by samatman 3y ago
A theoretical cartel can do precisely nothing, since it's a mere mental construct. It takes an actual cartel to fix prices (ignoring as a distraction the fact that the link you provide gives several good reasons to think that planned obsolescence was not the primary factor in the lifetime of incandescent bulbs).
There is no brake pad cartel. If there is, demonstrate it. If not, again, an imaginary cartel can only do imaginary things. It can't do real things.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoI'm gonna let you reflect on what you just said.
- samatman 3y agoTranslation: you have no coherent response to what I said, and don't like that, so you figured a bit of snark might recover some dignity. It's better to simply not reply.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoI gave you my argument in detail above with sources that companies routinely collude in anti-consumer ways, but you decided to strick your fingers in your ears and sing "lalala I don't believe you". Therefore I have no more replies for you to protect my sanity. Feel free to believe whatever you want to believe, just leve me be, i have no duty to waste my time to change your opinion of something you're fixated on.
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- robertlagrant 3y ago> with sources that companies routinely collude in anti-consumer ways Was this your link that said "there was a cartel in an industry once"? That doesn't seem to demonstrate a general issue.
- samatman 3y agoThe link that says "although there is vigorous disagreement about whether 1000 days was a good technical standard or a case of planned obsolescence, a cartel did exist, and there are sources which say it was to use planned obsolescence to sell more bulbs". Inconveniently, longer-lasting bulbs emit less light, and more heat. If you remember the heat of a 100W incandescent bulb, perhaps you might see the fire hazard in encouraging bulb companies to compete on the basis of bulb life. But no matter. This definitely demonstrates that there's a brake pad cartel, right now, doing the same thing. By implication, you see.
- robertlagrant 3y agoI think you replied to the wrong person.
- samatman 3y agoNot precisely, but I was agreeing with you, although I see how that might have been unclear.
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