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Re:Apple, Epic, and the App Store by thewebcount on Monday August 17, 2020 @08:00PM (#24193735)
> Because you can buy the same exact item on Zalando and put it on fire if you want to

No you can't. Walmart often requires vendors to make a special Walmart-only version of their product. So there is nothing that's truly comparable.

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Re:Apple, Epic, and the App Store by romanoderoma on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @05:39AM (#24196813)
We are talking about the same exact item with the same exact features, just a different brand

There is no "vendor lock in" for t-shirts

You are not forced to buy walmart special editions using Walmart payment gateway and vendors don't have to pay Walmart a 30% cut, the opposite is true, Walmart HS to buy at least N items and pay in advance to be able to require a special edition, even though they don't know if they are going to sell all of them

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