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Regulatory capture: A vendor using regulation to prevent potential competitors from producing or selling competitive goods or services

What we're discussing in this thread: A customer compelling a vendor to produce and sell a specific good or service

Do you think these are similar?

The fact that Anthropic is doing one thing (regulatory capture) is entirely irrelevant as to whether they're allowed to engage in a completely different thing (declining to sell their services/products to specific people).