Amazon has been repeatedly accused of exactly what you describe with Amazon Marketplace. This is the first article I was able to find, but I've seen similar art

Amazon has been repeatedly accused of exactly what you describe with Amazon Marketplace. This is the first article I was able to find, but I've seen similar articles over the past few years (One of my companies is an ecommerce site that considered selling through Amazon marketplace) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304441404577482902055882264.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230444140457748... So it would not surprise me if they used this same tactic with AWS. Edit: here's a google news link to the article: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304441404577482902055882264.html&ei=kcAjUf2MBObVyAHEzoGgBQ&usg=AFQjCNHh6eNon3AU-e6dKXJWVMv4ieDPEQ&sig2=P2QizYFUsceZCT0BghYQjg https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&...