Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire
by Scoundreller on Friday December 03, 2021 @12:05PM
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> more than 60 percent of Americans looking to buy something online start their product search on Amazon
I’d say it’s worse in other countries. The US probably has the most developed non-Amazon e-commerce market out there.
In Canada, doing an eBay search too is usually a non-starter, and there we have fewer niche online retailers in the first place.
Other countries without an e-commerce market right now risk becoming 100% dependent on Amazon.
Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire
by simonke on Friday December 03, 2021 @01:50PM
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To give you some insight about the situation in France:
> It is very difficult to maintain diversity. Challengers can hardly face the leader head on. Amazon's dominance in e-commerce can always be put into perspective, as it only represents 13% of commerce in France today. Its position is much less dominant in France than in the United States. Except that e-commerce is far from having reached its saturation point.
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Source: Interview wiwth Philippe Moati, https://www.lenouveleconomiste.fr/philippe-moati-la-force-da...
Even if you use a search engine, most of the top results are usually amazon, or a website that links to Amazon. At least in my experience.