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> an illegitimate business practice No vendor should be forced to sell the products of its direct competitor.
by totalZero 9y ago
> an illegitimate business practice
No vendor should be forced to sell the products of its direct competitor.
- Parcissons 9y agoWhen you are a vendor for everything and you products are in every profitable market - then this is reasonable and called regulation, to avoid a total monopoly.
- ekianjo 9y agoI fail to see how Google is a competitor to an online Wallmart-like shopping portal.
- totalZero 9y agoYou have got to be joking me. Amazon Fire Stick is a direct competitor to Google Chromecast.
- ekianjo 9y agoThat product yes. They are not a competitor for EVERYTHING else.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> I fail to see how Google is a competitor to an online Wallmart-like shopping portal. Because Google operated an online shopping portal, which is also Walmart-like (perhaps moreso than Amazon, since you can actually buy from Walmart on it.)
- kedean 9y agoYeah, this sounds ridiculous if you extend it into, say, grocery stores. "Store X has come up with their own Macaroni and Cheese that market tests show to be extremely successful, so they stop carrying Kraft" In that scenario, should Store X be forced to carry Kraft? Of course not, people who want craft will go to any other myriad of different stores. Amazon doesn't even close to resemble a monopoly on online shopping.
- bvinc 9y agoGoogle should remove all Amazon links from their search results. No website should be forced to link to their direct competitors.