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Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by colechristensen on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @09:53PM (#25369058)
> Amazon does not assume any of this risk. Ever.

This is a bit extreme. “Shipped and sold by Amazon” is indeed a large part of their online retail and many people try to buy only directly from Amazon.

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Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by mthoms on Thursday December 10, 2020 @01:39PM (#25376840)
We seem to have come full circle back to the original point.

Amazon chooses which products to stock and sell direct based on the risk/reward ratio of each individual product. They determine that ratio by analyzing their 3rd party merchants data.

See the problem? Amazon can eliminate/minimize their own risk based on data from their supposed "partners".

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