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No, that's something different.

The thing being talked about doesn't have a widely-used nickname, though "Blitzscaling" is probably the closest.

Oh, I see, yeah maybe not the exact right fit is "loss leader" but it sounds good. Hmm. It's more like domination via attrition?

It's the good ol drug dealer adage just at blitzscale as gp put it.

The first hit is always free

There's also price dumping involved in many of these schemes.