return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat's something you bought under $25 on Amazon that is a life changer and why?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down125
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minus-squarePrimarily0617@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoYes I’m sure the prices will be the same after there’s absolutely no competition at all.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThere was no competition before, which is why it would be “the same as it was before”.
minus-squarePrimarily0617@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago beats out the brick and mortar store**s** ???
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoPretty much everything was a duopoly and as the market was so small they just grew to mutually exist without need to compete. Shit most of them are all owned by the same parent companies now.
minus-squarePrimarily0617@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMy point being that while a duopoly may seem like a worst case scenario, it very much isn’t.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoMy point is that is isn’t any better or worse when there isn’t competition. You’re still a captive market being charged the highest costs possible.
minus-squarePrimarily0617@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoThe “highest cost possible” is higher in a monopoly than a duopoly.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNo, it’s at the consumers wallet.
minus-squareHello_there@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoSo private telecoms frantically lowering their prices when a public-funded internet company launches is just a coincidence?
Yes I’m sure the prices will be the same after there’s absolutely no competition at all.
There was no competition before, which is why it would be “the same as it was before”.
???
Pretty much everything was a duopoly and as the market was so small they just grew to mutually exist without need to compete.
Shit most of them are all owned by the same parent companies now.
My point being that while a duopoly may seem like a worst case scenario, it very much isn’t.
My point is that is isn’t any better or worse when there isn’t competition.
You’re still a captive market being charged the highest costs possible.
The “highest cost possible” is higher in a monopoly than a duopoly.
No, it’s at the consumers wallet.
I don’t know what this means
So private telecoms frantically lowering their prices when a public-funded internet company launches is just a coincidence?