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Yeah, this was my reaction too. They run shitty ads and serve shitty search results: fair enough, take your business elsewhere. I'm not sure what the story is.
by karaterobot 3y ago
Yeah, this was my reaction too. They run shitty ads and serve shitty search results: fair enough, take your business elsewhere. I'm not sure what the story is. I feel I must be missing something, because it's the FTC raising a stink and not just Vice. Whether it has merit or not, the FTC presumably is not just trying to get clicks. I'll wait until another (better) news source provides additional context before forming an opinion.
- taeric 3y agoI complained on the first round of this that it is rosy glasses of a good internet in the past. Search and ads suck. Period. Always have. I also find it odd that, on the merits of the case, Amazon is getting worse. Is there some corrective action that will reverse that?
- brucethemoose2 3y agoHere lies the issue: > take your business elsewhere You can't necessarily do that. Amazon is a pseudo monopoly. But if the FTC is trying to use that as antitrust evidence against Amazon, it feels like a weak angle. Which is not a good sign given their recent history.
- richwater 3y ago> Amazon is a pseudo monopoly I can google a product and get 9 different online storefronts for almost any item.
- cratermoon 3y agohttps://sell.amazon.com/learn/ecommerce-storefront https://sell.amazon.com/learn/ecommerce-storefront Edit: or they are dropshippers using Amazon fulfillment
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- cratermoon 3y ago> take your business elsewhere There is no where else. Not meaningfully. No, whoever you were about to mention, not them either. Hence, monopoly.