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Originally Posted by goofyballer
From another article:
I'm not asking you to agree with me, I totally understand libertarians fapping over a company exercising its market control as the ultimate expression of FREE MARKETZ, but it shouldn't be a mystery to you why other people find this scummy.
Is this country run by libertarians? There is no obligation to stock a certain manufacturer's product, no law requiring you to be kind to publishers. This is a very simple form of freedom of association that almost everyone in this country recognizes.
Amazon is trying to lower the prices consumers pay for books, Hachette is trying to keep prices higher. Weren't they one of the companies who was illegally colluding to keep ebook prices higher?
Telling a supplier, I'm not going to carry your product unless you give us a better deal isn't scummy, you do that **** every day of your life, when you choose what products to buy and not to buy.