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Originally Posted by Timboli
Because purely and simply they can't defend their pricing model for ebooks, which is what they try to do.
In other words, they pretend to be moral and ethical.
I suppose I am just one of the deluded many who thinks everyone, including companies and governments, should play fair. To us, that makes for a better world.
They can make us downtrodden, but they cannot shut us up .... but they will try.
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I'm afraid that's where we fundamentally disagree. I've said it before and I'll say it again: a company's legal obligation is to obey the law and act in the best interests of its shareholders. Generally speaking, that means maximising its profits. There's no pretence involved: that is the company's legal duty and its sole reason for existing. A publisher is not in the business of selling books at the lowest possible price, but at the price that will generate maximum profit. There's nothing immoral or unethical about that - it's the reason for the publisher's existence.