Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine

Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine by mcphage on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:15PM (#11241742)

> Monopolies are prosecuted when they use their position to discourage competition, which stifles innovation. That's what Apple is in trouble for, by price gouging here.

Has that helped competition at all? It seems like before Apple's foray, Amazon owned the eBook market, and now... Amazon owns the eBook market. I don't really see how competition could have gotten worse, and after Apple's legal failures it hasn't gotten any better.

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Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine by fpgeek on Monday March 07, 2016 @10:06PM (#11243325)

I'd say it is even worse than that. The years of strict agency pricing trained people to not even bother looking at competing ebookstores, entrenching Amazon's dominance.

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Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine by mcphage on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:55AM (#11246506)

> years of strict agency pricing

You mean the years of strict wholesale pricing?

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Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine by fpgeek on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @12:04PM (#11246569)

No, I mean 2010-2013 when agency pricing made shopping across ebookstores a waste of time.

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Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine by briandear on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:24PM (#11242241)

Amazon owns the ebook market? While my anecdotes aren't facts, I only buy ebooks from Apple or maybe Pragmatic.

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