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> ...but I wish it had linked out to a serious exploration of why the consumer harm standard isn’t sufficient... Because being a monopoly isn't illegal and (fr

> ...but I wish it had linked out to a serious exploration of why the consumer harm standard isn’t sufficient... Because being a monopoly isn't illegal and (from TFA) companies like Amazon benefit consumers through lower prices. Basically they have to invent a crime to fit the deed.

ethbro 8y ago
Such is the fallibility of laws written by humans. The writers of the relevant laws (~1900 - 1950, from memory) were all pre-digital networking, just as the writers of the Constitution were pre-corporation (~1850, royal charters ignored).