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Use countably many copies of $A$, and let $c:S={\coprod }_{i\ge 1}A\to P={\prod }_{i\ge 1}A$ be the assumed isomorphism. Write $p_i={\pi }_{i}c:S\to A$, let $\delta :A\to P$ be the diagonal with every component $1_A$, and put $q=c^{-1}\delta$. Thus $p_{i}q=1_A$ for every $i$. Let $s:S\to S$ shift the injections, $s{\nu }_i={\nu }_{i+1}$, and let $\sigma :S\to A$ be the fold map, $\sigma {\nu }_i=1_A$.

The coordinate relations give $p_{1}s=0$ and $p_{i+1}s=p_i$, while $p_1{\nu }_1=1_A$ and $p_{i+1}{\nu }_1=0$. Therefore $q$ and ${\nu }_1+sq$ have identical $p_i$-coordinates. Since $c$ is invertible, these coordinates jointly distinguish arrows into $S$, soThe coproduct property gives $\sigma s=\sigma$, because both have value $1_A$ on each injection. Consequently $z=\sigma q$ satisfiesThis proves the absorbing-endomorphism assertion without assuming an infinite addition operation on hom-sets.

If the category is an additive category, each hom-set is an abelian group, so cancellation gives $1_A=0$. Any arrow $f:A\to B$ is then $f{1}_A=f0=0$. Every hom-set has exactly one arrow, and every object is isomorphic to the zero object. This is countable biproducts in an additive category force triviality: