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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by Jensson on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @09:17AM (#37764663)
> That does not necessarily mean they have to raise prices on other platforms.

It does, since losing sales on Amazon costs them more than raising the price on other platforms then that is what they will do, since companies are motivated by profit. Amazon knows this, that as a dominant market player if they add this rules the vendors will have to abide it since they will lose more from not using Amazon.

This is how anti-competitive practices works and why we have laws against them.

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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by endisneigh on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @09:21AM (#37764732)
What you're saying doesn't make any sense. They could also just lower prices on other platforms - good for the customer. They can and should continue to lower prices, also good for the customer, until it is no longer profitable for them.

If they decide to raise prices, then that has more to do with the seller than Amazon.

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