Comment on Tired Of Being Ripped Off By Monopolies, Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband

• hperrin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sure there is. They are natural monopolies that form in the free market. The free market isn’t a good thing.

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lol, so all the regulation protecting them is “natural”?

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    • hperrin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No, those come after they gain a monopoly. Those regulations weren’t there when the “free market” turned them into a monopoly.

      There are certain products and services that form a monopoly naturally when they operate in a free (or even relatively free) market. Those are referred to as “natural monopolies”, ISPs are among them.

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