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		account42 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon ... High profit margins are a sign of market failure.

9rx 4 months ago | [–]

Not so much a failure. Rather, there is no intent for there to be a market here at all. A market relies on offerings being reproducible. Intellectual property laws are designed specifically to prevent reproduction.

HPsquared 4 months ago | [–]

"Competition is for losers"

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