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“Essentially” is the load-bearing weasel word here that allows this story to blame Amazon for their competitors choosing to offer the same goods at higher prices.

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TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
“Competitors choosing” is usually considered to be price fixing, which is anti-competitive and/or monopolistic. Amazon et al aren’t the only US companies guilty of this or other anti-competitive behaviors, even if they’re a notable example.

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- crashfrog@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  “Competitors choosing” is usually considered to be price fixing
  
  No? It isn’t?
  
  Where do you think prices come from?
  
  Amazon et al aren’t the only US companies guilty of this or other anti-competitive behaviors
  
  How is this anti-competitive?
  
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