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Originally Posted by WillysJeepMan
That's quite a few words to simply say, "Apple can do no wrong"
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Or rather - it's the consistent opinion of someone who saw Amazon's actions as predatory pricing and anti-competitive since the beginning long before Apple entered the market. I'm an Amazon customer and I like doing business with Amazon, and continue to buy the majority of my ebooks from Amazon. However, Amazon didn't get 90% of the ebook market via honest competition but rather by buying market share with below cost pricing.
The very fact the the publishers HATED Amazon's pricing but were POWERLESS to do anything about it is proof positive that Amazon had monopoly power.
It is apparent that the publishers did collude though I agree with Apple that Apple did not. The judge decided that Apple is guilty because Apple's actions allowed the publishers colluding to succeed.
To me, at best, this is a case of being guilty for shooting a burglar who's broken into your house. The judge ignored the burglary and focused only on the shooting.