Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M...
by dnissley on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:00PM
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Standard Oil was vertically integrating around oil -- what is Amazon vertically integrating?
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Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M...
by treeman79 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:17PM
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Selling things. Almost all the things.
Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M...
by _-david-_ on Thursday November 10, 2022 @06:21PM
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Selling things is selling things. That isn't vertically integrating. A good example would be selling and shipping now that Amazon is getting into delivery as well.
Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M...
by zaroth on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:01PM
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Amazon ships more packages through its DSPs than anyone. But I don’t see them doing delivery as anti-competitive. It is highly integrated and streamlined however.
They put a absolutely massive amount of resources on solving delivery. And they probably do it better than anyone. You couldn’t split that out without totally breaking it.
Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M...
by bobkazamakis on Thursday November 10, 2022 @07:18PM
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Basics; AWS; Prime Video; Advertising.
You don't get to deny vertical integration just due to them being involved in everything.
Re:FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair M...
by acdha on Thursday November 10, 2022 @07:52PM
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The entire sales process from searching & reviews to delivery. There are allegations that Amazon uses their data to identify the most profitable areas to set up their own competing brands and may even force sellers to disclose information which is helpful in this regard. If true, it seems pretty clear that a sensible antitrust rule would be to split those functions into separate businesses with strict rules about what non-public data they're allowed to exchange so the Amazon Basics guys don't have any information about what's selling where which you couldn't get.