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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by hanniabu on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:45AM (#22957224)
Wouldn't solve anything. They'd just split their company to be separate entities but still share all the information and operate as if nothing has changed.
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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by toasterlovin on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:30PM (#22957748)
What they would probably do is form special relationships to give certain brands special placement and/or endorsement, but charge those brands a larger fee for the special treatment. The end result is basically the same.
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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by mtone on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:09PM (#22957479)
Isn't that collusion?
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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by vntok on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:31PM (#22957772)
Companies enter into agreements all the time, not all of it is necessarily collusion.

The Amazon Basics company could buy some market information or behavioural stats from the Amazon Dotcom company at a rather steep price, for example.

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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by hanniabu on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:35PM (#22957811)
Partnership
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