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GERGE · 10-31-2015, 10:26 AM

Have you ever heard something called antitrust laws?

When a company has a monopoly and uses that to stifle competition, it breaches antitrust laws. Amazon's market share is the greatest among online retailers, but there are many arguments for and against whether or not it is a monopoly. And denying to sell competitor's devices are stifling competition for a retail store. We are not talking about an Amazon Store that only sells Amazon pruducts but a retail store with market dominancy.

Also monopoly here refers to a concept, a retail store with %50 percent market share may well count as a monopoly for the purposes of this law.

I don't care enough to research USA law to offer example cases here, but if you think I am wrong, then you think I am wrong. I don't care either way.

10-31-2015, 10:26 AM	#74
GERGE Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 5797160 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Istanbul Device: Kobo Libra	Have you ever heard something called antitrust laws? When a company has a monopoly and uses that to stifle competition, it breaches antitrust laws. Amazon's market share is the greatest among online retailers, but there are many arguments for and against whether or not it is a monopoly. And denying to sell competitor's devices are stifling competition for a retail store. We are not talking about an Amazon Store that only sells Amazon pruducts but a retail store with market dominancy. Also monopoly here refers to a concept, a retail store with %50 percent market share may well count as a monopoly for the purposes of this law. I don't care enough to research USA law to offer example cases here, but if you think I am wrong, then you think I am wrong. I don't care either way. Last edited by GERGE; 10-31-2015 at 10:28 AM.