• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Yes but that rule protects you the same as it does them. They can be a monopoly if nobody else can get their chips sold but they cannot be a government enforced monopoly unless nobody else is allowed to sell chips.

    • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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      8 days ago

      That’s your interpretation and that’s fine but I understand that they have a monopolies because their patent is broad enough to be hard to create alternatives, and the patent is government enforced. That’s how I understood it at least.

      In any case, I don’t really mind if you want to keep using your interpretation, I was just trying to rationalise what the other commenter said and explain what I though was their point of view to say what they said.

      Have a great day.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        That’s not just my opinion. That’s the definition going straight back to Adam Smith.