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Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by TheAndruu on Friday April 08, 2016 @04:54AM (#11453410)
> Refusing to sell Chromecast and Apple TV

This is kind of like expecting a Ford dealer to sell Chevys.

Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by lowmess on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:10AM (#11453471)
It's more akin to a used car lot deciding to manufacture cars, and removing Ford & Chevys from their lot. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but it is interesting that they only removed those two items and not Rokus and other streaming options.
Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by infocollector on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:23AM (#11453512)
When can we regulate this .... and break this company into 4 companies, that compete with each other :) I bet 3 will sell Ford and Chevy's on their display.
Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by izacus on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:45AM (#11453571)
Yeah, the huge vertically integrated corporations are starting to seriously limit competition in several economic markets. Good for their profits, bad for pretty much everyone else. It's like Weyland-Yutani in the making.
Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by mywittyname on Friday April 08, 2016 @01:08PM (#11456188)
The issue is that Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world and they are refusing to carry items that compete with their other business units.

Your example misses the point. People reasonably expect Amazon to carry electronics. Amazon is abusing their position as the largest retailer in world to suppress competition. That's illegal.

But with your example, Ford does not control 90% of car dealers in the US, so they are not in a position of power. Now, if Ford owned 90% of car mechanics in the US and they refused to repair Chevys, that would be abusing their position of power to suppress competition.

Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by TheAndruu on Saturday April 09, 2016 @06:31AM (#11460736)
They're both giant companies who manufacture and sell competing products.

Apple Google and Amazon are even larger companies who manufacture and sell the competing products mentioned by this guy.

It's a direct comparison.

Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by izacus on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:40AM (#11453559)
Or Microsoft refusing to allow installation of competitive browsers. The line is in market reach, anti-competitive legislation was inacted due to such abuses by a powerful player.