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Has the FTC outlined what Amazon is actually doing in "rewarding" or "penalizing" 3p merchants? I see a reference to Amazon's "algorithm". Hazarding a guess, it would have to be either category listings or search results? Is there something else? If so, this is some weak-sauce when it comes to anti-competitive behavior.
Has the FTC outlined what Amazon is actually doing in "rewarding" or "penalizing" 3p merchants? I see a reference to Amazon's "algorithm". Hazarding a guess, it would have to be either category listings or search results? Is there something else? If so, this is some weak-sauce when it comes to anti-competitive behavior.
Which... as a consumer is exactly what I want.
This doesn't seem to be the right tack. There's legitimate reasons to favor sellers that use your own logistics. Hard to see that as anti-competitive. Even harder to see why they picked this issue when there's seemingly many more blatant ones going on.
The cynic in me says it's because this way they can say "we tried" and not actually do anything. Antitrust lawsuits died the day MS got a slap on the wrist, and we've been paying for it as a society ever since. I really doubt the authenticity of this effort, but I also lack the expertise to judge properly so maybe I shouldn't be so pessimistic.
That "slap on the wrist" was sufficient to prevent MS from owning the browser.
I am amazed to see people defending AMZN in these threads. They are so obviously monopolistic with such a plethora of problems with the way the treat consumers, workers, businesses, and the planet. More power to the FTC -- just wish they had taken these actions sooner.
With Temu coming from China to compete with Amazon, and the US regulators going full anti-China recently, I'm really interested to see whether these actions against Amazon get pushback from the top of government, and ultimately get stalled.
I hope not. I am so tired of "but if you don't let us be evil, China will" as a justification to allow tech monopolies to operate unchecked. We should regulate Amazon, and we cannot regulate Temu, we ban it.
Then we're back to the trade war. The tit-for-tat from that became ridiculous.
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I hope not. I am so tired of "but if you don't let us be evil, China will" as a justification to allow tech monopolies to operate unchecked. We should regulate Amazon, and we cannot regulate Temu, we ban it.
China’s banning our tech companies and they’re regulating the shit out of their own. They do a lot of shit we shouldn’t but they’re dead on that tech companies should serve society instead of the other way around
With Temu coming from China to compete with Amazon, and the US regulators going full anti-China recently, I'm really interested to see whether these actions against Amazon get pushback from the top of government, and ultimately get stalled.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hope not. I am so tired of "but if you don't let us be evil, China will" as a justification to allow tech monopolies to operate unchecked. We should regulate Amazon, and we cannot regulate Temu, we ban it.
We should regulate Amazon, and we cannot regulate Temu, we ban it. Then we're back to the trade war. The tit-for-tat from that became ridiculous.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hope not. I am so tired of "but if you don't let us be evil, China will" as a justification to allow tech monopolies to operate unchecked. We should regulate Amazon, and we cannot regulate Temu, we ban it.
We should regulate Amazon, and we cannot regulate Temu, we ban it. Then we're back to the trade war. The tit-for-tat from that became ridiculous.
The question has and will always been, so what are you gonna do about it?
I am amazed to see people defending AMZN in these threads. They are so obviously monopolistic with such a plethora of problems with the way the treat consumers, workers, businesses, and the planet. More power to the FTC -- just wish they had taken these actions sooner.
I also don't really get the desire to defend them even if you were a loyal fan. Outside of AWS, none of their services are good anymore and have deteriorated. The only reason people think Prime is even valuable is because of the quantity > quality overriding people's rational. Amazon (the storefront) has turned into Aliexpress but with the shoddiest random brands ever like XYGHY selling you a product they're dropship…