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by scotty79 2859 days ago
Apple could buy Intel for the tech, AMD just to close it. Then stop selling CPUs or licences altogether. Just ramp up selling Mac's. Then PC dies. :)
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danmaz74 2859 days ago
That's exactly the reason why anti-trust regulations exit.
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scotty79 2859 days ago
Yup. It's not something that could realistically happen. But in truly free market it could.
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InitialLastName 2859 days ago
If only! Think, if we lived in a genuine free market, what glories we could see. All hail the monocorp.
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scotty79 2858 days ago
I'm always amused how true "free market" apologists argue that:

a) monopolies don't arise b) are good

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