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The bigger they get, the more the chorus for anti-trust will grow. Look at this article for example: https://www.ft.com/content/aba8d444-fb94-11e7-a492-2c9be7
by mattmanser 9y ago
The bigger they get, the more the chorus for anti-trust will grow.
Look at this article for example:
https://www.ft.com/content/aba8d444-fb94-11e7-a492-2c9be7f3120a https://www.ft.com/content/aba8d444-fb94-11e7-a492-2c9be7f31...
Which cites this too:
https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/amazons-antitrust-paradox https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/amazons-antitrust-parado...
The problem for some of their competitors too is that if they do suddenly trigger a slew of new laws, then Google Play and the Apple Store will probably get caught up in it too.
The other thing that could happen is the balkanization of the internet, where heavy trade tariffs will start being applied to America's dominant internet firms. It's already effectively happened in China. They've certainly not engendered any positive will in the rest of the world either for all their tax dodging.
- gxs 9y agoUnlike most accusations of a monopoly (see Apple) this is actually approaching something close to being applicable. One piece of anti-trust law is that you can't leverage one monopoly to create another. Can definitely see this become an issue as Amazon gets bigger and bigger.