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Amazon faces potential break-up as FTC finalizes antitrust lawsuit | The FTC is getting ready for the big one (www.techspot.com)
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Amazon faces potential break-up as FTC finalizes antitrust lawsuit | The FTC is getting ready for the big one::undefined

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[–] 114 points 3 years ago* (10 children)

Who in the fuck do they think they're fooling? There hasn't been any sort of large corporate antitrust breakup since Bell Systems in the early 80s. They expect us to believe that after 40 years of inaction, suddenly they're going to do their jobs again? This is nothing but pandering to pad approval ratings. I would love to be wrong, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Dude, the 80s wasn't 40 years ago...

    Damn I got old..

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    The FTC has actually been crazy busy this administration - https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases - they're really doing far more than at any other point in my lifetime.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I fully support the FTC burning it all down, but then I read this paragraph, and it did not give me confidence: “The FTC has had Amazon in its sights this year. The company recently agreed to a $5.8 million settlement with the Commission over Ring privacy violations that included employees spying on customers. And in June, the FTC sued Amazon over "deceptive" Prime subscription tactics.”

    5.8 million is probably Jeff Bezos’s weekly cheese budget. It’s loose change in his car seat.

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  • [+] -12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I fully support the FTC burning it all down

    Lol sayin the quiet part out loud

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