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Re:France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon by makeitdouble on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:46AM (#29009640)
This feels like a joke, but deciding on where/how to buy something completely ignoring the price (same everywhere) is refreshing.

There's few similar experiences, perhaps movie theaters before they started monthly plans/membership programs. I can't think of any other day to day instance where price comparison is explicitly rendered moot.

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Re:France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon by refurb on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @02:38AM (#29010210)
In situations like this the end user typically pays dears for that "luxury'.

Similar to cell phone service in Canada. Prices are carefully negotiated with carriers and as a results Canadians pay some of the highest cell phone fee in the world.

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