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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by pas on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:04PM (#22962087)
Sorry, maybe I'm too tired to understand this, but why can't you do that exactly?
Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by ProAm on Thursday April 23, 2020 @07:48PM (#22962996)
The FTC says it's illegal:

Anticompetitive practices include activities like price fixing, group boycotts, and exclusionary exclusive dealing contracts or trade association rules, and are generally grouped into two types: agreements between competitors, also referred to as horizontal conduct.

Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by pas on Sunday April 26, 2020 @01:55PM (#22988795)
Thanks! I meant how would Amazon prevent it at all. (But maybe they would just sue you. But ... can't you just create a separate company to conduct off-Amazon business?)