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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Monopolies is the wrong word. The correct word is “trust”. Monopolies are just one kind of trust, and any kind of trust, even weak ones, are a deadly cancer to a free market.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No, that's completely meaningless as a working definition, and also just broadly false.

    Monopolistic companies often rank high in public polls of 'most hated / least trusted' companies.

    Monopolies are more accurately described as using and abusing trust, by building up a reputation, and then betraying that trusted reputation once they've grown to become actual monopolies.

    Enshittification can basically be described as the latter half of that process.

    Its a slow motion bait and switch.

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