Re:The case for ending Amazon’s dominance
by refurb on Saturday February 17, 2018 @08:49PM
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How is Amazon any more an "open" marketplace compared to a grocery store? Because it's online?
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Re:The case for ending Amazon’s dominance
by prklmn on Saturday February 17, 2018 @10:57PM
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I would say so, they are not limited to a certain amount of shelf space or square footage like grocery stores are. On average, grocery stores work much more intimately with their vendors than amazon works with theirs (or did, now that they’re breaking into the grocery business).
I was mainly thinking of how an unlimited number of third parties can essentially sell whatever they please on Amazon, unless of course you’re google or apple selling a competing product that doesn’t help amazon achieve their goals for an ancillary service that has nothing to do with their online marketplace. I can’t think of a good analogy to a grocery store scenario.
Re:The case for ending Amazon’s dominance
by fjsolwmv on Sunday February 18, 2018 @02:05AM
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Amazon calls itself "The Everything Store" and has enough market share that it is legally reasonable to think about if it is a deal facto monopoly governed by antitrust law