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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9210066" data-attributes="member: 177">I can't be sure, but I expect your definition of &quot;anti-competitive&quot; is so broad that it becomes inoperable in a practical sense.&nbsp; My local bookstores do not offer electronic delivery of books.&nbsp; You figure that, until they do, Amazon can't offer them to me on whatever device I want to read them on?&nbsp; I, as a reader, can't use new technology because a local business only sells dead trees?That's like saying that Spotify has to die, because it undercuts BASF's audio-cassette business.&nbsp; Or Ford can't sell cars built on an assembly line, because it'll put buggy-whip manufacturers out of business.So, I can totally understand having a beef with Amazon over a lot of things.&nbsp; But, just because some of what they do is problematic, does not mean everything they do is anti-competitive.&nbsp; The advance of technology makes new types of products available.&nbsp; If you make it &quot;anti-competitive&quot; for others to enter those businesses, we don't get new products.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9210066, member: 177"] I can't be sure, but I expect your definition of "anti-competitive" is so broad that it becomes inoperable in a practical sense. My local bookstores do not offer electronic delivery of books. You figure that, until they do, Amazon can't offer them to me on whatever device I want to read them on? I, as a reader, can't use new technology because a local business only sells dead trees? That's like saying that Spotify has to die, because it undercuts BASF's audio-cassette business. Or Ford can't sell cars built on an assembly line, because it'll put buggy-whip manufacturers out of business. So, I can totally understand having a beef with Amazon over a lot of things. But, just because some of what they do is problematic, does not mean [I]everything[/I] they do is anti-competitive. The advance of technology makes new types of products available. If you make it "anti-competitive" for others to enter those businesses, we don't get new products. [/QUOTE]

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