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1. バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 11:22:17 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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   • Nobody [Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2)]
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   @lain @djsumdog @se7en @lnxw37a2 @Moon > government says "gotta give your inventions away for free> bell labs → public> 20th century becomes age-of-tech-and-engineering-innovationthough the monopoly did do suppressing-things though on the other side of consideration, but how is government says "ok, we won't break you up" == making them into monopoly if they got to that position on their own?
   • lain (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 11:22:18 JST lain

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     @lnxw37a2 @Moon @djsumdog @se7en yes, that the government giving them a monopoly and later taking it away. It's corruption all the way, I don't have any love for that company.
   • Nobody [Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2)] (lnxw37a2@pleroma.soykaf.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 11:22:19 JST Nobody [Linux Walt Alt (@lnxw37a2)]

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     @lain They got their monopoly by making the case that utilities have "natural monopolies" and that allowing competitors to operate in the same areas would multiply costs, while adding interop headaches. They then sought to drive independent operators out of business. Even GTE (now Verizon) felt the pressure, even though they were a miniature version of AT&T. @Moon @djsumdog @se7en
   • Infected Moomin (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 11:22:21 JST Infected Moomin

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     @lain @djsumdog @se7en I don't know if it was justified but it did suppress innovation and maintained a pretty low quality of service.
   • lain (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 11:22:21 JST lain

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     @Moon @djsumdog @se7en yeah, but they got their near-monopoly from the state and got it taken away by the state. The result of the break up wasn't bad, but making it easier for competitors to come in. Would have been even better.
   • lain (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 11:22:23 JST lain

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     @Moon @djsumdog @se7en the breakup was nonsense anyway
   • Infected Moomin (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 11:22:24 JST Infected Moomin

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     @djsumdog @se7en I don't think he was even the first person to observe it was like t-1000
   • djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 11:22:25 JST djsumdog

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     @se7en I love how SBC bought all of those companies, including AT&T, and then renamed themselves as AT&T. Colbert did a good bit about it back when he was funny and relevant.

   • se7en (se7en@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 11:22:27 JST se7en
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