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by fsckboy 1084 days ago
the point is not the thin edge case of bankruptcy vs merger, the point is that the fat part of the market would have been better off if Instagram was competing with Facebook, not part of Facebook, if video streaming services competed for eyeballs instead of being consolidated under Google who already controls eyeballs, etc.

little fish companies will be less likely to go out of business, and the economy will be more agile when they do if we stop allowing these big fat catfish to swallow everything in their pond.