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Re:Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applicati... by s73ver on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @12:41PM (#14605385)
"Free" in the sense that they have the 1st Amendment right to do so. Not in the sense that they actually can, especially once Walmart gets to be a significant customer to them.
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Re:Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applicati... by refurb on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @03:16PM (#14607011)
How is that any different than any business that has one large customer?

And if you're creating a valuable product at a good price, then you have leverage over Walmart. If you're selling a commodity, then be prepared to get squeezed. That's how it should work.

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Re:Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applicati... by s73ver on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:13PM (#14607485)
No, that's not how it should work at all.
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Re:Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applicati... by refurb on Thursday June 22, 2017 @11:44AM (#14613022)
Really? So if someone else charges a lower price for the same product, I should be protected from a loss of business?

That goes against our entire economic system. We'd still be driving shitty expensive cars if that were true.

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