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Originally Posted by Sil_liS

What about the small companies that were selling books through apps? One had been discussed here when it closed: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=132791

Expect them to be looking to sue, too.
Everybody with a book app can theoretically sue. Random House would have a doozy if they chose to sue--the feds already documented their entire case for them--and even Nook if they get new owners.
Antitrust is bad mojo to mess with: it is inherently wide open to interpretation by juries.

Again: look to Microsoft and the torrent of (jury trial) lawsuits they had to field after their antitrust fight. Most were trivial or baseless but many of the trivial ones still got payouts just to get them to go away. And Microsoft didn't have $150B just begging to be whittled down nor were they actually found guilty of harming consumers...

Antitrust with a consumer focus? The ambulance chasers are standing by the phonebanks. The current ones are the tip of an iceberg: the real flood in Microsoft's case came after the appeals court ruling.