• Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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    5 hours ago

    license enforcement is a thing because if someone bypasses it you can sue them, which is a government interaction. Technically, claiming X means nothing if there’s no one that enforces your claim.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Yes but that rule protects you the same as it does them. They can be a monopoly if nobody else can get their chips sold but they cannot be a government enforced monopoly unless nobody else is allowed to sell chips.