Comment on Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago“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.
TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 5 days 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.
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
No? It isn’t?
Where do you think prices come from?
How is this anti-competitive?