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I've once worked for a large corporation that got hit hard by antitrust. Think a few tens of billions of dollars. Why? A seller was caught giving freebies if th
by TeeMassive 5y ago
I've once worked for a large corporation that got hit hard by antitrust. Think a few tens of billions of dollars. Why? A seller was caught giving freebies if they bought their products. That's it. That's all it took.
I know because due to that incident we had to follow online formation every god damn month about antitrust. You don't have to have a "monopoly" to trigger antitrust legislation. The mere mention of "deals" or "cooperation" or "understanding" in the same conversation that involves competitor can be enough evidence to cause huge trouble.
- depressedpanda 5y agoWhat Apple and Google are doing is a lot worse than handing out freebies. Why aren't they getting hit hard by antitrust?
- TeeMassive 5y agoThat was my point.
- depressedpanda 5y agoI know, I was just adding an honest question to it. (I should probably have started the first paragraph with "Yes, and... :) ) I guess the reason that megacorps can get away with even worse behavior is that the system is corrupt.