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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by brutal_chaos_ on Sunday November 14, 2021 @12:20AM (#29215513)
It's a difficult argument, but perhaps one on quality could be made (IANAL and maybe talking out my ASS). By having Amazon promote their lesser-quality-but-supposed-same-product the consumer is being hurt. I argue this as I have spent too much on Amazon Basics. One specific case, USB cables, I had to go buy am alternate brand of the same product soon thereafter.
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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by mjevans on Sunday November 14, 2021 @12:26AM (#29215537)
The Amazon brands I see as the ONE product they should (in theory) never allow co-mingling on and thus the safe one to buy for a known quality.
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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by epistasis on Sunday November 14, 2021 @12:22AM (#29215519)
Agreed that this will happen, but I also think this is exactly the same thing that's expected of store brands: cheaper, but could be of lower quality.
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