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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by hellojesus on Thursday September 28, 2023 @06:26PM (#37696708)
> the only anti-competitive action is sending armed thugs to sabotage your competition

I'm saying that entering a voluntary transaction knowing the terms of the trade does not amount to anti-competitive behavior. Nobody forced you into the trade. Nobody prohibited you from entering the trade.

Entering the trade with clear conditions is voluntary. You could easily just not do business with that partner. Here that would be not using Amazon's marketplace.

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by SenAnder on Thursday September 28, 2023 @09:53PM (#37698391)
> I'm saying that entering a voluntary transaction knowing the terms of the trade does not amount to anti-competitive behavior.

You do realize that, by this definition, nothing short of fraud or forcing someone into a contract at gunpoint, could qualify as anti-competitive?

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by hellojesus on Friday September 29, 2023 @12:33PM (#37706641)
Yes. I am a free market enthusiast.
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