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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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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

No doubt this is slimy, but does it make Amazon a monopoly? It seems like a tough case for the FTC to win.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Contrary to popular corporatist disinformation, anti-trust law isn't just for literal control-100.000000%-of-the-market "monopolies." Any company (or colluding group of companies) large enough to unduly influence the market can be subject to it.

    That's why it's called "anti-trust" law, not "anti-monopoly" law.

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