He meant an article implying the malfeasance is encouraged by Amazon itself, not sleazy third-party merchants (although the latter are convenient to Amazon for

He meant an article implying the malfeasance is encouraged by Amazon itself, not sleazy third-party merchants (although the latter are convenient to Amazon for plausible deniability, like how firms like DirecTV outsource their telemarketing calls then act shocked, shocked that they went rogue and did not heed the do-not-call list).