Samsung, Xiaomi and other makers found guilty of colluding with Amazon and Flipkart

16 September 2024
The exclusive offers are in breach of antitrust laws.

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atichko, 16 Sep 2024Generally speaking, any form of business has a dark side as... moreI don't see how wanting to sell as much as possible is a dark side. As long as you don't trick your customers, it's fine. Customers aren't forced to buy your products.

    Yahya, 16 Sep 2024Online shops don't have to deal with cost of maintaini... moreI never had a good experience with offline mobile shops. They lie about anything to sell the phone.
    So I think they should get hurt even more.

      jiyen235, 16 Sep 2024normies always have this idea that businesses look out for ... moreGenerally speaking, any form of business has a dark side as the main goal is to sell as much as possible and sometimes at any cost in terms of impact on the targeted audience, us thus. And as you say, the wonderful Marketing and Sales machines will make sure that we all will feel the need to buy whatever they have to sell. Consume till you drop. Long live capitalism and please don't speak about ecology and sustainability. Those are dirty words for marketeers and sales boys & girls.

        jiyen235, 16 Sep 2024almost like all businesses are only concerned with their ow... moreThat's true

          IpsDisplay, 16 Sep 2024The way I see it it's robbers envy Online wants all... morealmost like all businesses are only concerned with their own bottom line, for me all these guys are pr*cks but in order to have a safe and fair business environment, these practices need to be somewhat controlled. Anti-competition practices are never the best thing. Look at what happened to blu-rays and how streaming services can take away your fav media at any point.

            atichko, 16 Sep 2024Was about to say the same. Nothing new, business as usual.normies always have this idea that businesses look out for them, they don't understand business one bit. Businesses were CREATED to leech off of people, whether they like it or not, if there's no demand they'll MAKE IT, look at TWS headphones and the removal of the headphone jack for example.

              earworm, 16 Sep 2024I get why they did it, I just find it funny that this artic... morethe article presents it as what it is, a force to be reckoned with. It ain't gonna be easy fighting against such a case.

              Like, just tell me, which you would say is more badass, an article that just says that there's a case against those big dogs or one which also states that huge amount of pages as well?

                The way I see it it's robbers envy

                Online wants all the profits to themselves

                But offline/locals also steal with massive mark ups in my country offline stores are selling 2g phones to gullible buyers even tho that network has shut down

                It's just evil anyway you take it

                It's the same way with car mechanics they love to overcharge and make up things they are repairing to take money from people

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                  Anonymous, 16 Sep 2024An average smartphone buyer isn't affected by this, no... moreBut they are. If you live in countries where physical stores have Xiaomis and Redmi but also serve local warranty for online-only(China) Pocos, the one who wants to buy a Poco that outperforms the locally available high end Redmi Note is screwed.

                  Physical resellers also prey on clueless Poco fans by selling them Pocos with $100 or more markups.

                    Water is still wet...

                      Aierlan, 16 Sep 2024Yeah, this type of stuff has always gone on. Review sites/c... moreWas about to say the same. Nothing new, business as usual.

                        pl2rts, 16 Sep 2024All these brands pay a lot of money to these flipkart and a... moreYeah, this type of stuff has always gone on. Review sites/companies also give priority to brands they make more money off reviewing. Everything is about the bottom line for companies whether the brands themselves or the retailers or reviewers.

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                          Happy realization.
                          It was quite obvious.

                            jiyen235, 16 Sep 2024you don't understand it then, they tried to make it as... moreI get why they did it, I just find it funny that this article presents it like a revelation.

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                              techknow, 16 Sep 2024ecomm with deep pockets are trying to decimate competition ... moreSmall vendors are no angels. Some brick and mortar stores outrageously cheat unsuspecting customers by overcharging them.
                              Also what motorola does online, vivo does with physical stores.

                                All these brands pay a lot of money to these flipkart and amazon for the advertising so whats there to wonder that these are advertised more ? Like the competition with other brands that dont have money and dont have brand recognition to spend on advertising so much.

                                If feels like they want equity competition over equality. As equity means that give chance to people or brands who dont work hard to achieve it on their own to reach to the top

                                  ecomm with deep pockets are trying to decimate competition and rob millions of local livelihood. But as a consumer who cares as long as they get the latest ones first!
                                  Wait a few years, AZ and FK are going to dictate terms to both brands and consumers.

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                                    • 16 Sep 2024

                                    The heads of these companies should've "donated" more to the election campaigns of Indian politicians.

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                                      jiyen235, 16 Sep 2024My question is, if nearly all of the relevant smartphone ma... morelooks like its a wake up call also for retailers who sell same stuff for different ununiform prices in different shops, customers are fooled by their selling tactics too,

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                                        Anonymous, 16 Sep 2024As a non-Indian who could get a Moto G54 Power or any of yo... moreAn average smartphone buyer isn't affected by this, nor do they care if a phone is exclusively available to a site or not

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