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bloppelast Tuesday at 5:34 AM1 replyview on HN

Margins require a competitive edge. If productivity gains are spread throughout a competitive industry, margins will not get bigger; prices will go down.


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LPisGoodlast Tuesday at 7:17 AM

That feels optimistic. This kind of naive free market ideology seems to rarely manifest in lower prices.

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