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Weird, this sounds super illegal, and anti-competitive, considering Apple has its own competing bookstore that's not subject to these fees.

• nevir 3y ago
  The US courts thought so, too. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/apple-450-million-settlement-e-book-price-fixing-supreme-court https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/...
  • lostlogin 3y ago
    So Amazon won (and consumers lost), where we could have had Apple win (and consumers lose). There was little to cheer about whatever happened.
  • fallingknife 3y ago
    That fine of 0.016% of their market cap will really show them!
• hammyhavoc 3y ago
  In retrospect, yes, the consequences of what happened are now very obvious, but at the time, whilst there were a fair number of people sounding the alarm across the blogosphere, most people didn't care because the iPad was a hit, and the Apple reality distortion field was at its peak of effectiveness.
  • lostlogin 3y ago
    The situation is farcical and feeling sad for Apple or Amazon shouldn’t happen. Consumers lost whatever the outcome.
    • hammyhavoc 3y ago
      Completely agreed.