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Well imagine somebody trying to push back a competitor which may be a young startup which is threatening to take part of their cake.


If the young startup is a threat, then it has real value no?


No? A big player might decide to preemptively squash ANY startup that could possibly become a threat while it's cheap and nobody else cares enough to notice.


Which might be cut by annoying all their customers. And there might not be value (now) but it might be cheaper to just DDOS any potential threat rather than risk competition.

Of course, that's under the belief one's above the law.


Potential can be worth more than assets




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