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The examples are a mouse pad for 60% cheaper and knock off products 15% cheaper made by same mfg as brand name products- absolutely miserable business practices
by onphonenow 5y ago
The examples are a mouse pad for 60% cheaper and knock off products 15% cheaper made by same mfg as brand name products- absolutely miserable business practices for other businesses but don’t they need to show some consumer harm? For all the antitrust claims?
- nerdponx 5y agoOther people in the thread have argued that "consumer harm" is difficult to prove and easy to disprove, and not strong enough of a criterion because the harms from monopolization can span decades, and don't just apply to direct consumers.
- slownews45 5y agoAnd this is where anti-trust lost the plot (and popular support). Anti-trust ignores situations with CLEAR customer harm, and goes after folks like Apple (which many consumers like) for blocking scammers from doing the noncancellable subscriptions and other things in the store. This diminishes confidence in govt and unfortunately increases confidence in big business. Literally thousands of folks getting scammed daily online - govt does nothing. Some business hurt (and consumers SAVE money) -whammo.