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> If they are not generating profits then how come we accuse them of extracting rent

Just as it was possible for a medieval king to have terrible finances by spending more on war/security than he collected in rent from Barons, a tech company can lose lots of money by spending more on customer acquisition/platform maintenance than collected in rent from suppliers.




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