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Honest question, what's "predatory corrupt" about their business? I have some of their paperbacks on my bookshelves and they've been a pretty decent value for m
by paganel 2y ago
Honest question, what's "predatory corrupt" about their business? I have some of their paperbacks on my bookshelves and they've been a pretty decent value for money thing.
- portaouflop 2y agoLook into Penguin Random house antitrust trial - they’re monopolising culture - which is corrupt and their business practices are predatory
- dartharva 2y agoAll major publishers are known to be fundamentally rent-seeking entities. Their vast history of litigative bullying and anti-consumer behavior has created a self-serving perception of them as only capable of being high-profile scoundrels. Which means even if there somehow exist some good ones in their current iteration, they will always be evil for many people just by being associated with that domain.