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		sanxiyn on July 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Train an AI model once and deploy on any cloud NVIDIA became a monopoly by building superior products. It's not like they became a monopoly by anti-competitive practices.

konschubert on July 8, 2023 [–]

I’m not saying they did anything bad.

But a monopoly can be harmful for a market without anyone doing anything illegal.

sanxiyn on July 8, 2023 | [–]

True. But it is also self-correcting, since monopoly profit will attract competitors. AMD seems to be the most likely candidate.

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