▲ 922 ▼ FTC files “the big one,” a lawsuit alleging Amazon illegally maintains monopoly (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments FTC files “the big one,” a lawsuit alleging Amazon illegally maintains monopoly::FTC: Amazon "extracts enormous monopoly rents from everyone within its reach."
[+] histy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jackalope@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Over 50% of Amazon's sales are their marketplace. A marketplace is considered "free" when it is regulated against things like fraud. Amazon isn't fighting fraud, they profit from it. The amount of bootleg goods on Amazon is insane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] histy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] optissima@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) It does offer a critical feature to the country, distribution of goods to people within the country. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] JesusLikesYourButt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Why not just lobby or advocate or vote for funding of the postal service we have had for a while now... Amazon hasn't been around forever. permalink fedilink source parent [+] histy@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago ? Who here is a lemmygrad user? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jackalope@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Over 50% of Amazon's sales are their marketplace. A marketplace is considered "free" when it is regulated against things like fraud. Amazon isn't fighting fraud, they profit from it. The amount of bootleg goods on Amazon is insane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] histy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] optissima@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) It does offer a critical feature to the country, distribution of goods to people within the country. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] JesusLikesYourButt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Why not just lobby or advocate or vote for funding of the postal service we have had for a while now... Amazon hasn't been around forever. permalink fedilink source parent [+] histy@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago ? Who here is a lemmygrad user? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JesusLikesYourButt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Why not just lobby or advocate or vote for funding of the postal service we have had for a while now... Amazon hasn't been around forever. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] histy@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] optissima@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago ? Who here is a lemmygrad user? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] optissima@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago ? Who here is a lemmygrad user? permalink fedilink source parent