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Re:Tim Bray told a union meeting Amazon should be broken up by stephenr on Friday June 12, 2020 @10:29AM (#23499560)
The fear with monopolies is that they kill off competition, and then are free to raise prices.

Amazon has been selling books at a loss for decades, and it has absolutely killed a large chunk of their competition for physical books in the US.

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Re:Tim Bray told a union meeting Amazon should be broken up by x43b on Friday June 12, 2020 @10:38AM (#23499642)
Do you have evidence Amazon sold books at a loss for 20+ years?

Buying a book for $10, selling it for $12, then spending $5 on a new warehouse is cash flow negative but not selling at a loss. Amazon isn't even cash flow negative anymore.

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