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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by notatoad on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @01:02PM (#37768184)
This is an antitrust lawsuit filed by the FTC, not an accusation of specifically illegal conduct.

They're not saying amazon committed a crime by doing this, they're saying that it's evidence of amazon abusing their market position to create a monopoly. "most favoured nation" status is legal, creating a monopoly isn't.

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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by jjk166 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @06:49PM (#37772818)
You have that backwards. Monopolies are perfectly legal, it is only establishing and maintaining monopolies by improper conduct (ie specific anti-competitive practices) that is illegal. MFNs are not per se anticompetitive, but by the rule of reason they might be under certain circumstances. The FTC would have to prove that this is one such instance where MFNs are illegal conduct.
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