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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2012-04-21 12:00 pm

[identity profile] steer.livejournal.com 2012-04-22 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
OK... that's interesting, I did not know that. They can tail that one off when they want though yes? I mean I guess right now they make the profit/loss they choose from the kindle. Any idea what the actual figures are?

[identity profile] steer.livejournal.com 2012-04-22 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, to be clear, I mean that amazon can tail off selling at a loss when they want to. That is, if they decide they've made enough loss now they can sell things at a profit. If they're selling at a loss it's because they have a business reason to do so for now which is, likely, what you mention here:

it's driving other people out of business...it's leading even further towards an Amazon monopoly.

And that's capitalism. :-)

(Glib comment, I realise it's not a good thing... it's just not an unexpected thing.)