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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey
At the heart of it, in the case of Amazon or Apple, it's also anti-capitalism at its worst - the whole concept of basically locking you into only their store for purchases. Ick.
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It is anti-capitalist to buy out or otherwise shut down all other stores, so consumers have no choice but to buy from one store. But since consumers are, in fact, free to buy from any other stores, there's no lock, and no anti-capitalism at work here.
It is purely and acceptably capitalist to
want customers to buy only from your store. It's only bad when consumers are forced into it, and vendors take unfair advantage of the situation.