Sure, if all you care about is money, then you can already go on Amazon and choose alternate vendors that are available at a lower price with slower shipping.

So you don't even know what the article is discussing. Amazon is killing competition and increasing costs to consumers.

I happen to know exactly what I’m talking about - you right now can look for an item on Amazon and see “this product is available at a lower price with <slower shipping>”

You right now can set up a site on Shopify and sell your goods.

If you are selling a differentiate product instead of cheap crap imported (or drop shipped) from China, you can create demand without going through Amazon.

For instance, I was specifically looking for Samsonite zipper less luggage because I trusted that brand and it wasn’t available on Amazon. They chose not to sell on Amazon and I bought it directly

-- I happen to know exactly what I’m talking about - you right now can look for an item on Amazon and see “this product is available at a lower price with <slower shipping>” Sure, on Amazon. Not other platforms.

I'm not going to bother explaining further, but thanks for confirming you don't understand the issue. It's not my job to educate you.