> But again, my point is: IDA costs a lot less than its place in the market suggests it should.
Sounds like every developer working on an open source stack.
Sounds like every developer working on an open source stack.
Market forces are often reined in, eg by human rights, those things aren't part of the market operating they're mitigations of the damaging effects. In this case it's an external force (gov action), not the market, that has created the availability of the product.
Large player in widget market has low marginal cost and deep pockets, sells widgets at marginal cost its competitors can't match. Also totally normal market practice.
Competitors exit market or are relegated to minor market share, leaving de facto sole survivor. Also totally normal market practice.
We could be talking about chrome just as easily as IDA pro here.