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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by shim__ on Thursday April 23, 2020 @04:02PM (#22960518)
> And yes, I believe this should be regulated at the policy level.

But why? Nobody is forcing you to use AWS, there in fact heaps of similar services around which at first glance don't share have said problem.

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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by SeeTheTruth on Thursday April 23, 2020 @04:11PM (#22960653)
Because "consumer choice" isn't a practical and full response to corporate abuse of power. Regulation is complete - if it's a well written regulation it works.

"Nobody is forcing you" misses the point.

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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by arrosenberg on Thursday April 23, 2020 @04:21PM (#22960774)
Amazon has a dominant position in the marketplace and it is leveraging it in a blatantly anti-competitive manner. As a country we have consistently decided that smaller and decentralized is better - there is no compelling reason to allow Amazon to keep borging small businesses.
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