01-21-2017, 12:41 PM
(01-20-2017, 08:34 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(01-20-2017, 07:53 PM)David Horn Wrote: Do you honestly believe that, given free reign, the wealthy and powerful will not collude? They always have in the past. The idea that some fictitious playing field exists that forces some form of competition is frankly naïve in the extreme. Why compete? It's costly and exhausting. It's much easier to divide the market and force potential competitors out.
We have Android and iOS ... and that's about it. Blackberry, Nokia and even Microsoft got squeezed out. Now, they have faux competition (keeping the regulators at bay) and the two biggest players in the market are happy campers. That is not an accident. Barring the minimal regulation we have today, prices would already be through the roof ... or more properly, as close to the roof as the market will bear.
Read my response to Eric. If you still have any questions, let me know.
There is no example anywhere of this mythical market existing since modern industrialization emerged in earnest. It's even less likely now. We may get that proven to us yet again, since your boy seems destined to tear-out the restrictions and let it rip.
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