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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by eru on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @08:22PM (#37667915)
We should encourage more price wars. They are good for customers.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by chii on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:58AM (#37670351)
Except once the price war is over, the consolidation of market share to one or a few players means that there is a good chance of monopoly pricing.

Unless, if the price wars are never over.

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by eru on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:53AM (#37671495)
> Except once the price war is over, the consolidation of market share to one or a few players means that there is a good chance of monopoly pricing.

Almost never happens like that.

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by j16sdiz on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:09AM (#37672101)
It always happen like that. That's why there are anti-dump rules on international trades.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by tonyarkles on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:42PM (#37677352)
Heh, a couple of years ago (maybe true still?) Canada had a 99%! tariff on aluminum extrusion from China. And it was still cheaper than domestically sourced material at twice the price.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by eru on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:18PM (#37684788)
Alas, no. Just because there are certain rules, and just because people say that those rules are for a specific reason, doesn't imply any actual causality between the reasons given and the rule existing.

Especially anti-dumping rules are most often just exploited as a tool to get a competitor in trouble.

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