News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promote its own brands. Parent comment

Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by Spivak on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:53PM (#28855280)
That’s not like this at all. You have businesses who are making a profit off of an information asymmetry and reselling goods for higher prices. Totally normal, not begrudging it. But it’s always a risk that someone will figure out your suppliers and cut you out of the deal.

Have you never looked around to figure out where some dropshipper gets their stuff and bought direct?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by CogitoCogito on Thursday October 14, 2021 @01:48AM (#28860894)
> Totally normal, not begrudging it. But it’s always a risk that someone will figure out your suppliers and cut you out of the deal.

The risk is quite a bit larger if a large player like Amazon pressures you to tell them who your suppliers are.

> Have you never looked around to figure out where some dropshipper gets their stuff and bought direct?

Amazon exploiting their market position is not the same thing.

[ Parent | on HN ]