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Third antitrust investigation into Apple/Amazon deal which excluded independent resellers

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<p>There was controversy back in 2018 when an Apple/<a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/amazon/" target="_blank" aria-label="undefined (opens in a new tab)" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amazon[/url] deal was said to risk putting many independent resellers out of business. The deal led to <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/antitrust/" target="_blank" aria-label="undefined (opens in a new tab)" rel="noreferrer noopener">antitrust[/url] investigations in the US and Italy, and a third one has now been opened in Germany.</p>
<p>The agreement was reached almost two years ago, providing <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Apple/page/77D9E1F7-0337-4282-9DB6-B6B8FB2DC98D?ref_=ast_bln" target="_blank" aria-label="undefined (opens in a new tab)" rel="noreferrer noopener">an official Apple store on Amazon[/url], and <a href="https://9to5toys.com/2018/11/09/apple-and-amazon-deal-iphone-ipad/" target="_blank" aria-label="undefined (opens in a new tab)" rel="noreferrer noopener">limiting sales of Apple products[/url] to authorized resellers … </p>
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