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but by definition isn't a duopoly not competing with each other? I might be wrong, but I remember it being about the two companies making deals with each other to keep both prices high and not innovate or improve, like ISPs in the US


No, that is not a characteristic of a duopoly and in many cases is illegal.


Oh it’s illegal so they won’t do it or have a zillion ways to work around it while being technically legal.


I'm curious as to what pavlovian means here


I think the idea is to convey that just like a bell has no natural link to food anticipation of which causes salivation, the fact that x has always (at least as far as we remember) come with y which causes z means when we see x, we fear z will happen even though x and y need not necessarily have to come together?

I believe there are people who won’t forgive text drive / Joyent for their dishonesty and sincerely we must never trust the leadership at Joyent with anything as long as they roam the earth.

https://www.chargebee.com/blog/lifetime-plans-its-time-rethi...


Pavlovian conditioning [0]: "a learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food) is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (e.g. a bell)."

In my case:

food: losing all my data (or it becoming incredibly difficult to access / control / afford)

bell: uploading all of my data to a new internet product.

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Most companies have unsustainable business models (grow forever).

For startups, this is especially true (rapid growth forever).

This is a new internet company, but their whole shtick is that they have a sustainable business model. Given that data, maybe my bias is unfair.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning


https://www.simplypsychology.org/pavlov.html

The concept of (consumer-grade?) permanent data storage triggers some response from him.


They mean they've been conditioned to question or be suspicious of such a claim, likely through past experience.


quick question, do you use it since the GameCube era?


Yup. It is the best controller for Smash (which is why Nintendo keeps re-issuing it).

Ultimate and Melee scenes are still alive and well. And even the 64 scene will cannibalize the analog sticks from GC controllers to replace the N64 controller sticks.


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