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It's not surprising that, given this kind of power, they would use it. What's a little unsettling is how little concern they have for people selling on their pl
by tachyonbeam 7y ago
It's not surprising that, given this kind of power, they would use it. What's a little unsettling is how little concern they have for people selling on their platform. If they treat their vendors like shit, and compete with them directly, that will incentivise said vendors to look for alternative platforms. You might say "who cares, there is no real competition for Amazon", but competition will come. What is Amazon going to do, are they planning to make their own version of every single product out there? I don't think that can scale.
- imglorp 7y agoThe competition is not zero. Walmart and alibaba to name two, not aws scale but aspiring. Also some alliances like Target + Shipt are nipping at their heels with same day delivery. https://www.target.com/c/shipt/-/N-t4bob https://www.target.com/c/shipt/-/N-t4bob
- pacala 7y agoThey are betting that when competition comes, they'll be subject to the same ~greed~ fiduciary duty forces. The market only has room for a handful of megacorps. They'll all highly likely to implement skewed algorithms to promote their own wares. If you don't like it, go build your own [TM].