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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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The airport shop is the only game in town - a "monopolist" in economics jargon. When a business has something you really want (or even better, something you *need*) and it's hard (or impossible) for you to get it elsewhere, they can take value away from you and harvest it for themselves.
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2026-03-23T06:05:23.686Z