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Yes. They're going to get sued.
by debacle 11y ago
Yes. They're going to get sued.
- Borjez 11y agoThe Apple Store doesn't sell Amazon devices, does that make the Apple Store anti-competitive?
- spdustin 11y agoProbably not. Apple Stores are in business to sell Apple products, always have been. Amazon sells everything, always has. So that's one point. Also, we don't know that Apple would not carry FireTV if Amazon solicited for space in Apple's retail store the same as any other 3rd party vendor. I don't necessarily think this is anticompetitive on the part of Amazon, either. I DO think it's a cheap shot, and alienates me as a decade-long customer of Amazon.
- gtremper 11y agoAmazon only sold books originally, and they still don't sell "everything"
- Zikes 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com#History > Since June 19, 2000, Amazon's logotype has featured a curved arrow leading from A to Z, representing that the company carries every product from A to Z, with the arrow shaped like a smile.
- apetresc 11y agoHow is this different from suing Apple for not selling Chromecasts in Apple stores?
- dntrkv 11y agoBecause Apple stores don't hold a significant share of the retail market and Apple stores have never sold Chromecasts and aren't expected to sell them, Amazon on the other hand did sell them and is expected to sell them. If Amazon was an Amazon-product-only type store, this would be viewed very differently. This is blatantly anti-competitive behavior, the equivalent of Google de-indexing Spotify to "prevent confusion" with their Google Music product. I'll bet that this decision will be either quickly reversed, if not, they can expect retaliation from Google/Apple in the form of lawsuits and/or their own versions of this rule.