“Amazon competes directly with marketplace sellers on its platform and influences the prices of its competitors, including through price caps, which is problematic from a competition standpoint,” Andreas Mundt, president of the Federal Cartel Office, or Bundeskartellamt, said in a statement.
Jonesdeclectice on
That’s not a fine, it’s merely a fee. Off by at least one order of magnitude.
Mature_boy_69 on
Fines should be a set percent from the yearly imcome, then megacorps would think twice
Embarrassed-Gap4148 on
That’ll show them
SuCzar on
I bulldozed all my neighbors houses in the night to build my personal theme park, but it’s ok I paid the ₹3 fine
BDB1634 on
How many seconds does it take for Amazon to recoup that cost
Peanuts..what about the data they have sold over the past yrs?
danieln1212 on
European countries love taking a cut from illicit practices of companies and present it like they are doing it to stop the practices. If they really wanted to stop them, they would issue arrests warrants for the criminals behind the crimes.
Immediate-Answer-184 on
Amazon has built a monopoly with our complicity. Ditching Amazon is more painfull than it should be.
Jealous_Squirrel_961 on
I agree VW, BMW, and Mercedes should have to pay the US and Canada $177M (3 * $59M) for abuse of market power also.
MercantileReptile on
I was delighted to see the Federal Cartel Office both functional and display some teeth.
Taboo_Dynasty on
The amount of the penalty is not really the point. The point is that it’s being addressed and not ignored like in USA
Haunting_Meal296 on
Where is my cut? I mean, as a customer I should see some money, right? RIGHT?
Nordicbreeze on
These fines are just slaps on the wrist, grow some balls and hit em with actual consequences!
Grymm315 on
Tax API calls and watch all the top tech companies implode.
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“Amazon competes directly with marketplace sellers on its platform and influences the prices of its competitors, including through price caps, which is problematic from a competition standpoint,” Andreas Mundt, president of the Federal Cartel Office, or Bundeskartellamt, said in a statement.
That’s not a fine, it’s merely a fee. Off by at least one order of magnitude.
Fines should be a set percent from the yearly imcome, then megacorps would think twice
That’ll show them
I bulldozed all my neighbors houses in the night to build my personal theme park, but it’s ok I paid the ₹3 fine
How many seconds does it take for Amazon to recoup that cost
Small documentary about Amazon from a German news station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r3x2t872Pc
Peanuts..what about the data they have sold over the past yrs?
European countries love taking a cut from illicit practices of companies and present it like they are doing it to stop the practices. If they really wanted to stop them, they would issue arrests warrants for the criminals behind the crimes.
Amazon has built a monopoly with our complicity. Ditching Amazon is more painfull than it should be.
I agree VW, BMW, and Mercedes should have to pay the US and Canada $177M (3 * $59M) for abuse of market power also.
I was delighted to see the Federal Cartel Office both functional and display some teeth.
The amount of the penalty is not really the point. The point is that it’s being addressed and not ignored like in USA
Where is my cut? I mean, as a customer I should see some money, right? RIGHT?
These fines are just slaps on the wrist, grow some balls and hit em with actual consequences!
Tax API calls and watch all the top tech companies implode.