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this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2025
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It’s as if all these tech companies being the middleman just makes things worse for everybody.
It used to be useful when there was competition to actually provide good service and actually negotiate prices. Consolidation to basically one parent company ruined the whole thing like most late capitalism consolidation tends to do...