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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Sunday November 14, 2021 @10:16AM (#29217643)
In your analogy you name two large brick-and-mortar retailers. Allow me to posit my own analogy: If Amazon is the Walmart of the web then who is the Costco? Who is the Target? There isn't any.

Retailers stick their neck out to put an item on the shelf because space is limited. The product is made. It's on the shelf. If it doesn't sell then someone loses money. If Equate brand sucks I can choose an alternative. If everything on the shelf sucks I can go to another store.

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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by endisneigh on Sunday November 14, 2021 @10:20AM (#29217682)
Costco, Target and Walmart all have their own online presence. Your entire argument makes no sense.
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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by foerbert on Sunday November 14, 2021 @10:57AM (#29217937)
They were obviously just using an analogy with real names to say Amazon does not have a similar-size competitor or three.
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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by endisneigh on Sunday November 14, 2021 @04:21PM (#29220839)
Walmart is a similar sized competitor, though. Depending on how you break it down, eBay is as well. The analogy makes no sense. Walmart is a competitor, Aliexpress, Flipkart, etc.
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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Sunday November 14, 2021 @05:48PM (#29221505)
What percentage of online revenue does Walmart make? How much does Amazon make?
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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by endisneigh on Sunday November 14, 2021 @06:45PM (#29221886)
7% vs 40%. Definitely a huge difference, but the majority of commerce in the USA is non-Amazon. If you do worldwide it's way worse.

in no way is it a "monopoly." If you look at growth rates Amazon is slowing and others are gaining

not to mention the comparison is foolish to begin with as Amazon doesn't have physical locations. a better comparison is total amount of sales, in which Amazon isn't even the plurality.

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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Monday November 15, 2021 @05:02PM (#29233412)
You're moving the goalposts. I only meant to highlight that Amazon has no real equal online and that is it. I'm not talking about physical stores and I'm not saying they're a monopoly.
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Re:U.S. states file updated antitrust complaint against Google by endisneigh on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @07:15AM (#29239657)
No, I’m not. I already showed you that Amazon isn’t the majority in the USA. Prior to Covid, when everything was shut down, Amazon was only like 20ish percent.
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