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Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by majewsky on Monday March 26, 2018 @08:38AM (#16678368)
> laws that govern the number of pharmacies by number of inhabitants and disallow ownership of multiple pharmacies or ownership by non-pharmacists

While that seems a bit over the top, I find the part where it must be owned by a pharmacist quite reasonable. It's the same in Germany.

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Re:Cannes Artistic Director Explains Netflix Competition Ban by namdnay on Monday March 26, 2018 @11:16AM (#16679502)
It sounds logical at first, but combined with the single-ownership rule, it's actually a clever way to protect the "mom&pop store" model. Which is good for the owners, but bad for the consumers - no economies of scale, no competition, no supermarkets... Like being back in the early 50s

That there should be a licensed pharmacist at all times in the store - fine. But why does the store have to belong to one? To take a stereotypically German example, we don't say that all garages have to be owned by mechanics :)

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