Apple found in breach of EU competition rules

Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by pjc50 on Monday June 24, 2024 @11:18AM (#40777052)

I remember hearing stories of customers flicking through physical books in bookstores and then buying them off Amazon. Can't do anti-steering in that direction.

> They rejected our PDF spec sheets for having links to our website.

I miss the world wide web where you could link to sites.

> They will de-list our products if they’re available for a lower price on another site.

This is straight up cartelization and can no longer be called a "market".

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by jpollock on Monday June 24, 2024 @12:59PM (#40778378)

It's important to get the analogies close.

The bookstore isn't the same. It would be if the book had a QR code on the back labeled "guaranteed cheaper here" - not just the UPC/ISBN.

The customer is choosing to price compare somewhere else, that's not steering, that's brand loyalty.

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by AlexandrB on Monday June 24, 2024 @01:18PM (#40778545)

Wasn't this literally a feature of the Amazon app? You could scan a book's UPC and have it pull up the Amazon listing.

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by jpollock on Monday June 24, 2024 @02:03PM (#40778966)

Sure, but that's _still_ customer brand loyalty. The _book_ isn't advertising "Go to Amazon for the cheapest prices" on the cover.

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