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> YC isn't taxing you

It's a different kind of tax. The VC model is to get you addicted to a service and then jack up prices as soon as they've squeezed out other competition. You can't opt out of that game when AirBnBs take over your town.

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That's fair and accurate, there's a lot broken with the system. But I wouldn't place the blame at the feet of YC, it would be just as bad without them.

> blame at the feet of YC, it would be just as bad without them.

I disagree, I think YC is fully to blame here as are the other grifters of the current administration.

The problem is predatory pricing is hard to prove, and the FTC is impotent or complicit, depending on the administration

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