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Re:The case for ending Amazon’s dominance by jnordwick on Saturday February 17, 2018 @12:03PM (#16401516)
Trying to define an industry or segment is way too difficult for this. Then trying to define all these bright lines (revenue, market size, length of time, etc).

This sounds like a terrible idea that will be used mostly by politicians to extra money from companies.

And after every election these lines would likely be redrawn. The chaos this would introduce.

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Re:The case for ending Amazon’s dominance by RestlessMind on Saturday February 17, 2018 @12:57PM (#16401779)
I agree that it would be a chaotic process to begin with. But since it reflects real life which is itself chaotic and messy, I won't be surprised (just like, say, tax laws).

What I object to is the behavior of private entities to use their resources to subsidize their products/services and capture new markets.

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