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> no regulation exists (nor is likely to exist in the future) I wouldn't be so sure. It's true that they have a ton of money, but they also have a lot of expos
by bradleyjg 7y ago
> no regulation exists (nor is likely to exist in the future)
I wouldn't be so sure. It's true that they have a ton of money, but they also have a lot of exposure. Lobbying is most effective for companies that are obscure and their interests are adverse to either very few people or to everybody but only in a virtually unnoticeable way.
Even very wealthy industries that are high profile and piss off everyone tend to eventually get regulated. See e.g. banks.
- TheRealPomax 7y agoIt's not about them having a ton of money. Money on gets you so far. Amazon owns (part of) the infrastructure that modern connected society relies on. I look forward to it getting broken up once the old guard leaves politics and some better educated younger politicians swap in, but Amazon is offering good deals to too many people, except the people that work the warehouses for their distributed global shopping mall. Even if Amazon got legislated to treat all those folks right, hire 100% more people to cut shit times, and raise salaries by 100% for all warehouse workers, all that would do is slow down growth of a company that literally owns part of the internet we all rely on.