FPG, honest question here:
I like the way you summed that up, and I don't know if Intel is guilty of using that pricing method today, but if they are, then it certainly meets your conclusions at the bottom.
That makes it a very self-serving pricing situation, but my question is whether it's illegal under the law today. If it's illegal, and Intel does it, and Intel knows about it (presumably), then they would have to be fined for willfully violating the law.
If it's not illegal, and it should be, then perhaps the result of the anti-trust investigation is to *make* it illegal, thereby forcing Intel to stop. If they don't, then you can certainly conclude that Intel's pricing is not beneficial to the vendor or the consumer, but there's nothing to stop them from finding a pricing structure that maximizes their profits.
Lastly, if Intel is not participating in this kind of pricing scheme, then this whole debate is moot.
I'd like to understand a few more specifics, then, about this theory of yours (again, nice post). |
