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Originally Posted by EatingPie
Well, as we've both demonstrated, we disagree on the affect lock-in has in terms of the price fixing.
As I stated above, "Because of lock-in, none of these stores [Amazon/B&N] has a reason to go against price fixing.... Since they have no competition, they don't have to fight against the price fixing."
If lock in ended, B&N and Amazon would compete for book sales again. The one sticking point for ebook sales competition is price fixing. Suddenly, there's motivation to get rid of that sticking point: more potential sales in an sub-market they couldn't sell to before!
That is why I think ending lock-in would lead to the end of price fixing... which would ultimately benefit small stores as well.
-Pie |
Everything I've seen is that Amazon is already fighting the price fixing as much as they could. They WANT that $9.99 baseline price. They've literally changed the reviewing rules to allow Kindle bombing where it was against the TOS before, that's how much they hate the Agency price fixing.
We'll have to agree to disagree on your assertion that A/B/K/S like the price fixing just fine. I do not think they like it at all, and I think they've done the best they can to fight it under the circumstances.