alt Hacker NewsIf it's a large company, that can dominate the market by absorbing the losses until competition disappears?
Arguably, yes.
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int_19h • today at 11:35 AM
So it would be illegal for Google but legal for Anthropic?
What about OpenAI?
s1artibartfast • today at 7:52 AM
The question is over what timescale and volume.
Toyota shouldn't have to sell their first new car off the line for 100 million to pay for the entire manufacturing line.
Your first SAAS customer shouldn't have to pay back all your costs.
Can you plan to break even after your first month of sales? first year? 10 years?
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So that means for instance it was illegal for Netflix to get into the streaming business or for Apple to start selling iPods because neither could do it profitably from day one?
Should Microsoft have not been allowed to sell operating systems and still survive from selling BASIC interpreters? Should Nintendo have not been allowed to sell video games and still be selling playing cards?
Every company that is interested in survival takes profits from an existing business to start a new one,