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> I can't see how breaking up Amazon helps this kind of thing Read up on the break-up of Standard Oil.[0] If we took that approach with a tech giant, we'd end

> I can't see how breaking up Amazon helps this kind of thing Read up on the break-up of Standard Oil.[0] If we took that approach with a tech giant, we'd end up with lots of smaller independent companies which compete with each other in their markets, not companies which each (still!) completely dominate one particular market segment. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil#Breakup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil#Breakup

Nasrudith 8y ago
That doesn't seem like it would work in this context. Whichever retains the Amazon domain name (or if somehow forfeited the most memorable/closest) would retain the lion's share for the one stop shop. Barnes and Noble is still around but that market seems fairly winner takes all. MmThe break en up mantra seems demagogic pandering as opposed to a real solution- especially when actual abusive and far more dominant, abusive, and all consuming monopolies walk by in the background whistling.