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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by cj on Friday December 03, 2021 @01:13PM (#29433138)
Valid points. But to me, this just raises the question of whether comparing business practices of Amazon (ecommerce) to someone like Bed Bath & Beyond (brick and mortar) is a fair comparison to begin with.

Is it really apples to apples, or more of an apples to oranges type of comparison? I'm not convinced we should be using brick & mortar retail business practices to justify/rationalize business practices of Amazon.

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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by Spooky23 on Saturday December 04, 2021 @12:17AM (#29438881)
Amazon provides a service, and the market ultimately decided what the price can be.

Coca Cola doesn’t want to pay your local supermarket to be in the front of the soda aisle. But they do, because it drives sales.

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