The difference is that Amazon is crushing local store retail everywhere it does business, which is everywhere, and spends large amounts of effort on brand manag

The difference is that Amazon is crushing local store retail everywhere it does business, which is everywhere, and spends large amounts of effort on brand management to softpedal the fact that this domination is largely thanks to its ability to squeeze more from its labor force. We'll leave aside how this crushing of local retail was also aided by its ability to avoid local taxes for many years while it was growing. All of this makes it very fair game for criticism, especially when Amazon touts the "great earnings" of being a freelance driver for them. If there was some giant corporation that was dominating house cleaning nationally and touting the great pay of cleaning toilets for them as a freelancer, that would certainly warrant some inspection, too.