Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support
by tylerhou on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:19PM
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Why do you assume that there was necessarily coordination? In my opinion it's likely everyone who is dropping Parler came to their verdict independently.
Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support
by inglor_cz on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:34PM
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It is certainly possible that they all acted independently, but given how many cases of anti-competitive behavior on their part have been documented in the linked report of the Congress - these companies are not completely honest.
Mikhail Gorbachev used to say "Trust, but verify." I would like to see some verification in this case.
If Amazon acted alone, I do not think that there would be an antitrust case. But given that Amazon acted together with the app store duopoly, in what appears to be a coordinated action with the same goal, I think the antitrust case applies. If two very dominant players make a pact with a third not-so-dominant player to squeeze somebody a bit more, it only makes their anti-competitive behavior harsher.
BTW, I believe that Parler really could have prepared better. It is obvious that they did not have a good plan B.