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Valve antitrust lawsuit reportedly reveals lengths Steam owner is willing to go to prevent cheaper prices elsewhere (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] Aedis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Absolutely, stop using Amazon. Except what's the alternative? They've wedged themselves in that space, and bought out any other competitor. So either they get forced to compete with themselves (by breaking the company apart) or they adhere to anti-monopoly laws where they're not allowed to influence other prices as part of their agreement.

[–] vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except what’s the alternative? They’ve wedged themselves in that space, and bought out any other competitor.

Aliexpress, walmart.com, ebay.com, wayfair.com, any manufacturer's website. Or the actual global leader in the space, Alibaba which dwarfs Amazon's entire marketplace with over twice the users and easily a thousand times the suppliers.

So either they get forced to compete with themselves (by breaking the company apart) or they adhere to anti-monopoly laws where they’re not allowed to influence other prices as part of their agreement.

Or, if people think private companies should be neutral, like a public service... PEOPLE SHOULD FUCKING ADVOCATE AND ORDER THEIR GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC SERVICE.

It is infinitely easier and better to get the government to do things for you than it is to force a private company to do things for you.

[–] Aedis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Afaik Walmart does the same.

EBay is a different service as is Wayfair.

Your own website as the manufacturer doesn't have the reach of these other platforms. (in an age of SEO and AI searches it really doesn't have to be that way).

The strongest argument here is in favor of Aliexpress. Which isn't without issues and heavily lobbied by amazon to have even more issues in the US.