How come anti-trust laws aren't being applied yet? Is it corruption or a political decision?
Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources
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#721, Amazon runs the platform that sells the games - Amazon 2, Amazon runs the platform that people use while playing the games - Twitch 3, Amazon runs the platform that hosts the servers to play the games - AWS 4, Amazon runs the platform that you play the game on - Luna 5, Amazon runs the platform that creates the games - EA how is this not anti-competition for anyone running a company that competes in only one of th…
Yes you can stretch anything to fit a narrative. Amazon runs the platform that sells everything so they shouldn’t be allowed to buy anything.
Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources
#73Alexa will watch to make sure you pay those micro transactions. And if you don’t, get ready to fight the roomba they send after you!
HAHA! enjoyed visualising that ... thanks ... (I am assuming you're joking here, but ... hmmm on seconds thoughts. Give it 10 years and ...).
I don’t understand the downvotes. I feel like your comment is very salient. It’s a joke now. Given how things are going, it might not be in the future.
Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources
#74Will there ever be a point where as a society we agree to put an upper cap on the size of companies? Does Amazon really need to absorb even more? Doesn’t that stifle competition? I understand that enforcement is hard as the rule wouldn’t be global, but still curious.
Because of limits like these India economy has lost 4 decades of growth.
Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources
#75Will there ever be a point where as a society we agree to put an upper cap on the size of companies? Does Amazon really need to absorb even more? Doesn’t that stifle competition? I understand that enforcement is hard as the rule wouldn’t be global, but still curious.
Antitrust law does exactly this. If Amazon owning EA overly concentrates market power/forms a monopoly, it'll be rejected and the deal with fail. Why would you want to put an upper cap on the size of companies? It feels like stifling innovation and productivity, which will be overly negative for everyone.
> It feels like stifling innovation and productivity, which will be overly negative for everyone.
From a business perspective that might be partly true. But anti-trust / anti-competition policies are not just to provide a level playing ground for businesses but also consumers. A giant conglomerate might have a higher productivity, but that doesn't mean that benefit will be passed to the consumer unless they have rival businesses to compete with. Competition promotes more innovation and is more socially beneficial to both businesses and consumers than giant conglomerates that just become obese and unhealthy after a point.
Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources
#76I sometimes wish Hacker News had emoticons, so I could add a sad face instead of just an upvote.
HN generally prefers insightful conversations over reactions, so if you feel "sad face", why not make a comment describing your feelings and why you feel like that instead?
Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources
#77Would EA engineers get Amazon compensation?
Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources
#78Will there ever be a point where as a society we agree to put an upper cap on the size of companies? Does Amazon really need to absorb even more? Doesn’t that stifle competition? I understand that enforcement is hard as the rule wouldn’t be global, but still curious.
Antitrust law does exactly this. If Amazon owning EA overly concentrates market power/forms a monopoly, it'll be rejected and the deal with fail. Why would you want to put an upper cap on the size of companies? It feels like stifling innovation and productivity, which will be overly negative for everyone.
Amazon owning EA will absolutely stifle innovation, especially given their history in the gaming space.
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#79Yay even more monopolies in the gaming market.
How does this create a new monopoly?
Re: Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources
#801, Amazon runs the platform that sells the games - Amazon 2, Amazon runs the platform that people use while playing the games - Twitch 3, Amazon runs the platform that hosts the servers to play the games - AWS 4, Amazon runs the platform that you play the game on - Luna 5, Amazon runs the platform that creates the games - EA how is this not anti-competition for anyone running a company that competes in only one of th…
That's vertical integration and is mostly orthogonal to anti-competitive behavior. A million dollar startup could do those things too.