He simply realized that the markup on drug prices was so mind-bogglingly absurd (oftentimes over 2500% markup) that he could undercut the market by thousands of dollars and still make a tidy 15% profit.

When the libertarians tell you fan fiction about the “invisible hand of the free market,” this is what they mean. And the fact that it took this long for someone like Cuban to come along should tell you how viable a strategy it is.

I mean, generally I agree, but what gives me pause here is that Graber is basically moving into a focus on federation full-time. A leadership change like this would be a perfect moment to pivot away from atproto and into a more walled garden, but Graber isn’t even leaving the company.

This could just be theatrics, but it’s at least interesting that they aren’t taking this opportunity to close it all off when they absolutely could.