Dilations and Translations Do Not Commute

The sketch below illustrates how dilations and translations do not commute. Drag around the green translation vector, change the scale factor slider, and move the center of dilation around.

Does there appear to be any condition in which they DO commute?

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Steve Phelps, Created with GeoGebra