Quote of the day by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel: 'Anyone that has a monopoly will pretend that they're in incredible competition' — exposing how tech titans bend the market in their favour
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Assume any market framed as a knife fight between giants may actually be an oligopoly defending margins. When you hear “intense competition” from a platform provider, read it as a prompt to re-check your dependency and pricing leverage.
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