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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.

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.
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.