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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by shadowgovt on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @01:38PM (#37768788)
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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @02:44PM (#37769736)
> Why is this behavior legal for manufacturers but maybe not for Amazon? I can see no other reason than the law is path-dependent and arbitrary.

Market share => market power => different regulations.

(Of course, I would personally prefer to ban this behavior across the board; I just wanted to also point out that treating Amazon differently could plausibly be reasonable)

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Re:The FTC Sues to Break Up Amazon over an Economy-Wide “Hid... by Nasrudith on Thursday October 05, 2023 @12:32PM (#37780717)
Those arrows also flow in reverse just as well. Whatever arbitrary decisions are made will advantage some other entity which may or may not currently exist.

Different regulations => market power => market share.

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