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Amazon execs destroyed years of evidence before FTC action, agency says (www.seattletimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They also killed a huge amount of e-commerce sites with their sheer size. This isn't really about tech more about their monopoly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Shopify accounts for 1/3 of all e-commerce sales in the US in 2023, and with the rise of way cheaper Chinese alternatives to amazon like shien, Temu, & Alibaba express no one really has a monopolistic control in the e-commerce space.