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		Groxx on March 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next It's pretty easy to end up in: 1) I have a farm. 2) I will lose millions a year if I don't have X. 3) X broke. 4) Only JD has anything that would prevent #2 (without collapsing the whole farm). Buying JD is... pretty reasonable in that scenario. It's one of the reasons captured markets are so bad, it lets companies get away with a lot of things they couldn't if the market were actually fair and competitive.

qikInNdOutReply on March 17, 2023 [–]

Sounds like a classic monopoly shake-down.

alexvoda on March 17, 2023 | [–]

Of course, and it is long overdue in almost all domains. Corporations have used their power to influence the state and get away.

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