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Perhaps not, but to me this seems similar-enough to the Apple Books/Amazon suit that, if substantiated, it may well cause trouble for the company. E.g. if Apple
by plorg 11y ago
Perhaps not, but to me this seems similar-enough to the Apple Books/Amazon suit that, if substantiated, it may well cause trouble for the company. E.g. if Apple went to the labels and said, "we would like you to sign on to our subscription service, and we would like you to cease allowing [Spotify,Rdio, etc] to stream your music on a free tier, because we think this will force prices higher", the "force prices higher" may look like an antitrust violation, since the company is using its market position (and not its supply chain or volume etc.) to shift (or, say, "manipulate") the price of a consumer good.