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0 pointsdaveguy24d ago0 comments

> Competition is bad? Who cares - let the big players subsidize and compete between each other.

Subsidizing is the opposite of competing. It's literally the practice of underpricing your product to box out competition. If everyone was competing on a level playing field they would all price their products above cost.

All these tech oligarch asshat companies need to be regulated to hell and back.

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ipaddr24d ago

The moat was already too large for smaller players. Let them subsidize. Take from investors and give to us buying me time to beef up my local stack to run local models.

For many things now you need to go local and in the future if you want any privacy you'll need to go local.

daveguyOP24d ago

Excellent point, but I still think the oligarchs have gotten a little monopoly-happy.

agentifysh24d ago

What's the alternative, move to North Korea ?

daveguyOP24d ago

Well, that's a great big wtf out of left field.

agentifysh23d ago

You didn't seem to like competition or market forces pricing things. Just a suggestion.

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ipaddr24d ago

The moat was already too large for smaller players. Let them subsidize. Take from investors and give to us buying me time to beef up my local stack to run local models.

For many things now you need to go local and in the future if you want any privacy you'll need to go local.

daveguyOP24d ago

Excellent point, but I still think the oligarchs have gotten a little monopoly-happy.

agentifysh24d ago

What's the alternative, move to North Korea ?

daveguyOP24d ago

Well, that's a great big wtf out of left field.

agentifysh23d ago

You didn't seem to like competition or market forces pricing things. Just a suggestion.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse