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Amazon has a monopoly. It's censorship. If they were not a monopolist, then they could claim curation. Once you achieve monopoly status, you can't claim to b
by tomohawk 8y ago
Amazon has a monopoly. It's censorship.
If they were not a monopolist, then they could claim curation.
Once you achieve monopoly status, you can't claim to be a simple business anymore.
- eropple 8y agoFlag on the field: assertion without supporting evidence and with obvious counterexamples (Wal-Mart, Alibaba, etc.) close at hand. Ten yard penalty, repeat first down.
- anigbrowl 8y agoPlease stop with the football jokes, you can point out a fallacy without trying to get referee status out of it.
- mlazos 8y agoI don’t really think Amazon has a monopoly. They control 5% of all retail, and like 50% of e-commerce. It’s far from a winner take all point too, I think there will be a lot of fragmentation in the next few years with niche sellers like Etsy becoming more popular.
- tomohawk 8y agoThis is an article from 2014: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/amazon-has-basically-no-competition-among-online-booksellers/371917/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/amazon-... At that time, they controlled 65% plus of the online book market. Do you think it is less now? They basically have no competition. A monopoly does not require 100%. For example, the Sherman Antitrust Act defines it as 75%. But, it's obvious that they are a monopolist in this area.
- shadowbannedtoo 8y ago"And 50% of e-commerce." That sounds like a monopoly. Esty got the kiss of death. Basically, the products are mass produced in China. (I'm hellbanned? Long Dong doesn't like me? I don't know I even bother to post?)
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoThis morning while looking for a book I went to 2 sites, only one of which was Amazon.