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Originally Posted by CommonReader
You are at liberty to confuse whatever you like.
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All I'm saying is that the DoJ is satisfied that Amazon's ebook division was showing a profit (however slim) as a whole. But still, they made additional requirements that Amazon needs to show a profit (WRT ebooks) on each publisher's
catalog as a whole.
Now, you're at liberty to believe that Amazon occasionally dipping below costs on certain items (a "basket" strategy practiced everywhere/all the time in retail land) constitutes predatory pricing (or that the DoJ is looking the other way with regard to Amazon's business), and I'm at liberty to believe you're ignoring quite a few facts that suggest otherwise.
At what point does it become simpler to at least
consider the possibility that Amazon just might be working within the law (regardless if you like the law), rather than believe they're this giant, magic, DoJ-proof, immoral, criminal entity which is using every penny of profit it's NOT making (by selling everything below cost to eliminate the competition) to line the pockets of politicians (for favorable legal proceedings/decisions) while its eminently patient shareholders happily wait their turn?