Amazon bans Kindle books on certain devices. About time regulators looked at the company: http://vertical-inc.tumblr.com/post/88513800506/hi-i-was-wondering-why-all-of-amazons-knights-of … (Via @charlesarthur)
@charlesarthur Amazon is increasingly using its monopoly power in all sorts of anti-competitive ways. Needs reining in, IMHO.
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@bazzacollins it's a monopsonist, like supermarkets. Risk to consumers is harder to find - which is why regulators don't act. -
@charlesarthur Arguably harming consumer choice with Hachette situation, and the way it forces publishers to offer them best prices. -
@bazzacollins that would be a hard one to win in court. "They made prices lower, your honour!" -
@charlesarthur Only if you buy those books from Amazon. Means higher prices if you buy elsewhere. -
@bazzacollins@charlesarthur 1. Cut prices to the bone. 2. Obliterate competition. 3. Hike prices. 4. PROFIT!!! Notice the lack of ???. -
@CraigGrannell@bazzacollins indeed - except (3) is only theoretical, and courts have problems with those. -
@charlesarthur@bazzacollins I’m not talking about court cases—I’m talking about what’s almost certainly going to happen. -
@CraigGrannell@bazzacollins sure. Question is when/how a court should intervene. - 3 more replies
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