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Originally Posted by fjtorres
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The reason collusion and price fixing are illegal is because they raise competitive barriers to newcomers and favor the bigger, *established* players by preventing the smaller players from trying things like discounted bundles, micropay rebates, rolling sales, and lightning sales.
That is exactly what happened.
Agency was the best thing to happen to Amazon and the worst thing to happen to readers.
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And don't forget Amazon's MFN clause.