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Originally Posted by John F
Don't a lot of businesses do this? Costco has Kirkland, Stop & Shop has Nature something, ...
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Yes. But when Amazon as publisher refuse to let other stores sell copies of their ebooks and the control 80% of the ebook market (is that the US or overall?) I could see the government giving them a critical eye.
I really don't have a strong opinion on this myself. I do think Amazon is a near monopoly. I'm not certain how I feel about that as a customer (I do think only judging monopolies as harmful if there is provable harm to consumers is faulty).
As Amazon makes it harder and harder to remove DRM to read books purchased there on non-Amazon devices, I do think that eventually it will be undeniable that Amazon's monopoly is bad for readers.