Re:The case for ending Amazon’s dominance
by Turing_Machine on Saturday February 17, 2018 @11:57AM
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Hmmm... so under your plan would a bricks and mortar retailer be allowed to offer (say) free air conditioning or heat for customers who come in the store, or would they be required to charge for that? How about lighting? If so, how is offering free air conditioning to attract customers different from Google offering free search to attract customers?
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Re:The case for ending Amazon’s dominance
by RestlessMind on Saturday February 17, 2018 @12:52PM
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But offering heat / AC / lights is not unrelated - it is a related feature of existing B&M businesses. As I said in a reply to your sibling comment, related businesses or legit accessories to your business should be okay (so an airline offering free luggage is fine; search engine subsidizing browser or mobile OS is not).