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I've just come across the statistic before. Here's a quick search hit, saying e-commerce as of a year and a bit ago that indicates 35% of e-commerce. https://w

I've just come across the statistic before. Here's a quick search hit, saying e-commerce as of a year and a bit ago that indicates 35% of e-commerce. https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2019/12/amazons-market-share19 https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2019/12/amazons-mark... Maybe they do want to monopolize, but I'm pretty sure that they couldn't, what with Walmart, Target, eBay, Ali Express, and other major global players in the space. Amazon's want is largely irrelevant to a conversation like this.

throwanem 6y ago
On the other hand, it's harder to make a sentence flow around "oligopolistic". I feel like seeing that Amazon owned a third of US ecommerce, before the pandemic stomped brick-and-mortar flat, goes more to my point than to yours.
- greggyb 6y ago
  Your point has changed at least twice in this thread. My point was simply that "monopoly" is not an accurate term here. You can't say "oligopoly may be more accurate, so I've been correct."
  - throwanem 6y ago
    Sure I can! You're quibbling over my choice of a single, admittedly inexact but contextually plain, word, rather than engage at all with the actual point I made. I'm just trying to meet you where you are.
    - JumpCrisscross 6y ago
      > a single, admittedly inexact but contextually plain, word Within the context of a policy discussion, a monopoly versus oligopoly is a pretty material difference. Every growing business at some level “wants” to monopolise their niche.
      - Nevermark 6y ago
        You are still not addressing the point despite wording clarifications that addressed your original quibbles.
        greggyb 6y ago
        You're responding to someone else now. I'll quote myself: > I don't really have much to disagree with you about, but maybe you want to check the "monopoly" claim. If you want to have a debate, we can. Name something you want to disagree on.

throwanem 6y ago

On the other hand, it's harder to make a sentence flow around "oligopolistic". I feel like seeing that Amazon owned a third of US ecommerce, before the pandemic stomped brick-and-mortar flat, goes more to my point than to yours.

greggyb 6y ago
Your point has changed at least twice in this thread. My point was simply that "monopoly" is not an accurate term here. You can't say "oligopoly may be more accurate, so I've been correct."
- throwanem 6y ago
  Sure I can! You're quibbling over my choice of a single, admittedly inexact but contextually plain, word, rather than engage at all with the actual point I made. I'm just trying to meet you where you are.
  - JumpCrisscross 6y ago
    > a single, admittedly inexact but contextually plain, word Within the context of a policy discussion, a monopoly versus oligopoly is a pretty material difference. Every growing business at some level “wants” to monopolise their niche.
    - Nevermark 6y ago
      You are still not addressing the point despite wording clarifications that addressed your original quibbles.
      - greggyb 6y ago
        You're responding to someone else now. I'll quote myself: > I don't really have much to disagree with you about, but maybe you want to check the "monopoly" claim. If you want to have a debate, we can. Name something you want to disagree on.