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Re:Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Co... by rapind on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @11:57PM (#28926587)
Probably not a bad idea to draw more attention to it regardless. Whether it's Walmart, Amazon, Costco, etc. If anyone can do it then they all MUST do it to compete. If we bring the hammer down on Amazon then we'll have to (ideally) bring the hammer down uniformly on everyone else.

Basically it's sketchy behaviour across the board and Amazon has just proven themselves to be better, more efficient, and more willing at it.

It's an argument worth having IMO. One side will cite consumer benefit and the other will point out that it has long term effects that reduce choice and innovation (and thus consumer benefit).

Amazon would do just fine with a level playing field.

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Re:Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Co... by emodendroket on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:31AM (#28926778)
Gotta be honest, I don't see it as much of a win if I can't buy store-brand cereal anymore.
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Re:Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Co... by xyzzyz on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:01AM (#28926935)
You don’t understand. Government needs you to stop buying store brand cereals, because they unfairly compete against General Mills Cheerios. See, stores can sell store brands cheaper than Cheerios, and that’s an anti-competitive practice, which the anti monopoly law is meant to protect from. Government will protect you by ensuring that there is no cheaper competing product, so that you will end up buying Cheerios at higher price. This will reduce the monopoly, and make the cereal market more competitive. Does that make sense to you? (It shouldn’t, because it doesn’t.)
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Re:Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Co... by 8note on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @02:27AM (#28927411)
It's just missing steps on breaking up General Mills, and grants for starting new cereal businesses
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Re:Five U.S. lawmakers accuse Amazon of possibly lying to Co... by emodendroket on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @03:15AM (#28927716)
Seems like a tremendous use of energy and resources for little to no benefit.
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