That's called "monopolistic competition". They can't sell the same phone they were already making.
Nobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
Liquid democratic socialism
Copyrights and patents
Yeah the system that actually exists, capitalism.
It's true, just search "should we have fought the Axis" and you'll find Aeao's beliefs.
Hmm I'd better get tested for sex addiction, just to be safe.
When did it start?
This is 100% capitalism. It's not free market to have a goverment-enforced monopoly.
Is it possible to migrate one's account to a new Mastodon server, while keeping the followers one had in the old server?
Besides using the fediverse, how do we not allow it?
I put strange stuff like that in my resume just to stick out to people like you. Twice now I've been hired partly because I'm a Dungeon Master.
In this situation our pay is getting cut every year, at a greater rate than minimum wage is going up.
Disposable diaper use is going down, and a decreasing proportion is getting landfilled.
I shake my phone flashlight around when looking for things, so it's easier to spot and recognize objects.
Aceticon and InputZero both did a good job elaborating.