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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by specialist on Friday December 03, 2021 @04:29PM (#29435792)
It's a marketplace.

Therefore, Amazon, Walmart, etc, should be prohibited from competing with their own customers. Vertical partitioning.

Further, the advertizing business must be separate, for all of FAANG et al. Horizontal partitioning.

Busting these trusts up will unlock shareholder value, allow competition, boost innovation. Same as before (oil, railroads, telephone, etc).

I'm ok with Amazon remaining in logistics, shipping. Once Amazon Prime is no longer run at a loss, it probably won't be anti-competitive.

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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by mr_toad on Friday December 03, 2021 @08:26PM (#29437772)
Why would you apply these rules to Amazon and Wallmart and not countless other vertically integrated businesses?
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Re:Amazon's Toll Road – How it funds its monopoly empire by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday December 04, 2021 @10:23AM (#29441380)
Amazon is barely a vertically integrated business (now that it actually has its own branded products, it is inching its way there). It is a retailer and operator of what it like to call a retail "marketplace".
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