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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It blows my mind that these companies can get away with manufacturing artificial scarcity, as an alternate means to price gouge.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago

The old question: still a cartel or already a monopoly?

A tale as old as time, one day it will be dirt cheap again