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> Google used "exclusionary agreements and anticompetitive conduct" For a long time, I've felt that any contract that specifically prevents a party from engagi
by Osiris 6y ago
> Google used "exclusionary agreements and anticompetitive conduct"
For a long time, I've felt that any contract that specifically prevents a party from engaging in business with any other party should be considered anti-competitive and illegal.
I understand why businesses like them, but I can't see how they ever benefit customers.
Exclusivity contracts were the backbone of big enterprises accused of monopolistic behavior, like Intel and Microsoft, and I'm sure many others.
Can anyone give me a good case for why exclusivity contracts (contracts that ban a company from engaging with a competitor) are good for consumers?
- cdmckay 6y agoDoesn’t Qualcomm do this too?
- acituan 6y agoA game theoretic advantage, “we will only invest in our end product x which uses your y if you agree not supporting competitors for a period of time “ in which x is beneficial to the end user but not worth the cost/risk with competition. This is the same idea with patents; I’ll sink costs to deeper R&D in exchange for safer prospects of profiting from it.
- tomohawk 6y agoIt is illegal, if you're a monopolist. You can be a monopoly, but you can't do things like this if you are.