I'd rather have people vote with their money than having politicians making people to pay more.
If they want to make France stronger they wouldn't be killing its enterprenual spirit every time they can.
If they want to make France stronger they wouldn't be killing its enterprenual spirit every time they can.
I honestly don't see how restricting Amazon alone affects the market that much. It wouldn't affect my aspirations towards publishing a book or marketplace.
>The way I see it, this is them simply penalizing a monopoly.
Starbucks has a monopoly to sell coffee in France? Amazon has a monopoly to sell books in France?
What are you talking about?
>While you could argue some subsidize their income through Amazon, many more actual French citizens earn their income through independent brick and mortar shops.
And in the free market economy this would be a sign that maybe, just maybe, they need to: A) Get much better at this OR B) Start doing something at what they are good enough that people go there and pay them on their own for their services of products.
I'm not saying it's easy. All I'm saying is that you won't be able to protect them forever. It's good to treat them like gown-ups right from the get-go without assuming that they are too stupid to do something useful for the broader public.
>I honestly don't see how restricting Amazon alone affects the market that much.
Then why to insist on doing it?
>It wouldn't affect my aspirations towards publishing a book or marketplace.
Good.