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Amazon is not a "trust" in the strictest historical definition, but it's a amoral and terrifying company with incredible reach that frequently can and does snuf
by KirinDave 7y ago
Amazon is not a "trust" in the strictest historical definition, but it's a amoral and terrifying company with incredible reach that frequently can and does snuff any chance any competitor has of using anything else.
If Google is bad for using AMP to try and drive publishers to AMP hosting, then how is Amazon not even worse for ramming crazy terms down publisher's throats while buying or undercutting every other shipping and shopping system in the country? Amazon's pretty much dismantled and eaten the entire American book industry, it's in mid gulp of the American consumer shipping industry, it's already business critical via AWS for a majority of American businesses, and now it's turning to selling "AI" products to government and law enforcement.
As for Facebook, I think maybe Facebook isn't a monopoly. But they shouldn't be allowed to buy Youtube or Twitter.
- darkpuma 7y agoWhy would Google sell Youtube to Facebook?
- KirinDave 7y agoI don't think either sale is possible, I'm merely using it as an example of what wouldn't be permissible.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoWhat if Alphabet is forced to spin off YouTube in to a seperate entity?
- anticensor 7y agoSuch a split will never happen. Rather, YouTube will be torn down.
- KirinDave 7y agoI'm fairly sure everyone would fight tooth and nail to do this.
- dehrmann 7y ago> Amazon is not a "trust" in the strictest historical definition Yup. Amazon can legitimately respond to trust and monopoly allegations with "Walmart, Azure, GCP, and Netflix."