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Re:Epic is asking a court to stop Google from yanking Bandca... by gamblor956 on Saturday April 30, 2022 @03:27PM (#31218527)
No, Google is attempting to engage in a vertical restraint of trade. That is one of the behaviors generally considered to violate antitrust rules, if the company is using its leverage in one market to attempt a vertical restraint of trade in another market.

In this case, the leveraged market is the app store, and the restrained market is mobile payment processing.

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Re:Epic is asking a court to stop Google from yanking Bandca... by RC_ITR on Monday May 02, 2022 @01:22PM (#31238042)
>No, Google is attempting to engage in a vertical restraint of trade.

My friend, does Lyft take Mir as a payment method? Can you choose to use Stripe to pay for your Airbnb (vs. their in-house processor)?

I really am curious about the legal precedent you're relying on - when has a marketplace ever been found to be acting anti-competitively by choosing the payment rails they use?

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