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sharecropping strikes again, its basically a guarantee that if you make significant amounts of money off a platform, the platform is going to try to muscle you
by throwaway2048 7y ago
sharecropping strikes again, its basically a guarantee that if you make significant amounts of money off a platform, the platform is going to try to muscle you out.
- twblalock 7y agoWhen has Amazon ever done this to a third-party seller? If Amazon really wanted to muscle in on the third-party sellers, how can you explain the huge amount of third-party sellers who sell shoes, clothing, electronics, toiletries, and other stuff in direct competition with Amazon's own store, and who joined Amazon after Amazon has been selling those same things for years?
- dredmorbius 7y ago"The Time Jeff Bezos Went Thermonuclear on Diapers.com" https://slate.com/technology/2013/10/amazon-book-how-jeff-bezos-went-thermonuclear-on-diapers-com.html https://slate.com/technology/2013/10/amazon-book-how-jeff-be...
- twblalock 7y agoDiapers.com was not an Amazon seller. It was a completely independent business.
- dredmorbius 7y agoThe mechanism is otherwise largely the same. Examples of third-party Amazon sellers also exist, though somewhat less prominently.