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maxericksonlast Saturday at 3:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's literally everything that people in relatively free markets buy.

Microsoft Windows is a great example that people will get really angry about, but like bubble gum also enriches the producer, seller and buyer.


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ipaddrlast Saturday at 3:40 PM

Those are not great examples.

Bubble gum puts the buyer in a worse dental health situation.

Windows is a monopoly that controls the desktop market and the buyer would have been better off with a richer market with a variety of options.

You could have said cigarettes. They provide the same pleasure benefits as gum with unhealthy outcomes for the buyer.

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simianwordslast Saturday at 3:23 PM

It’s concerning that this was even a question!!!