Thread

1. ocd · 1790861971 · focus · HN ↗

   I'm not a business guy, but I think I would be very worried if I created any opening (even on the very long term) for competition to justify itself being built up to meet demand (or national security requirements of other countries) on an industry I mostly control, because I prioritized extremely high prices for a few years that might have the effect of changing the arithmetic for potential competitors that wouldn't have done it before.

   It makes me consider whether there would be retaliation in later years against the US intellectual property system in countries other than China. While RAM is a tangible product, the areas it serves aren't really.

   1. tikhonj · 1790882412 · focus · HN ↗

      What would the alternative be? If you just kept prices lower, you'd have shortages. There would still be the same motivation—if not more!—to spin up competing production.

      And to build up a large amount of new capacity yourself, you need to invest a massive amount of capital into something relatively risky.

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.