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It's a marketplace. Therefore, Amazon, Walmart, etc, should be prohibited from competing with their own customers. Vertical partitioning. Further, the adverti
by specialist 5y ago
It's a marketplace.
Therefore, Amazon, Walmart, etc, should be prohibited from competing with their own customers. Vertical partitioning.
Further, the advertizing business must be separate, for all of FAANG et al. Horizontal partitioning.
Busting these trusts up will unlock shareholder value, allow competition, boost innovation. Same as before (oil, railroads, telephone, etc).
I'm ok with Amazon remaining in logistics, shipping. Once Amazon Prime is no longer run at a loss, it probably won't be anti-competitive.
- mr_toad 5y agoWhy would you apply these rules to Amazon and Wallmart and not countless other vertically integrated businesses?
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoAmazon is barely a vertically integrated business (now that it actually has its own branded products, it is inching its way there). It is a retailer and operator of what it like to call a retail "marketplace".