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In reply to the discussion: Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products [View all]Mosby
(16,306 posts)14. Monopolies are legal.
Taking advantage of a monopolistic position is illegal.
Good luck finding the line, just ask MS.
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Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2019
OP
is this connected to no longer having net neutrality which I understand lets corporation do what
yaesu
Sep 2019
#2
Amazon's own brands don't annoy me nearly as much as the seemingly infinite results
tanyev
Sep 2019
#5
They also treat their warehouse employees like crap. I have a couple of family members who
Luciferous
Sep 2019
#50
Someone is shocked that a company is promoting its own products? Or that a business pushes
PoliticAverse
Sep 2019
#7
if they're not an effective monopoly, and they're upfront that their searches are biased, then ok.
unblock
Sep 2019
#11
no one should really be "shocked" that companies engage in anti-competitive behavior
unblock
Sep 2019
#10
I don't think you can make a monopoly case here considering how many other alternatives there are
PoliticAverse
Sep 2019
#13
microsoft destroyed a competitive market and absorbed it into a market it dominated.
unblock
Sep 2019
#22
Relevance is always dermined by the company that's doing the search for you, whether it's Amazon...
PoliticAverse
Sep 2019
#33
If it's boosting it's own products how could that NOT be at the expense of competing products?
bucolic_frolic
Sep 2019
#16
When grocery stores run ads and sales featuring their house brands, is that unfair too?
onenote
Sep 2019
#18
there's little deception involved and not even whole foods has a monopoly. yet.
unblock
Sep 2019
#23
And who believes Amazon.com is a level playing field for Amazon's competitors?
Rainbow Droid
Sep 2019
#20
oh that could be because amazon itself said this quite a lot in the early days.
unblock
Sep 2019
#24
i have searched other sites for same products and found there are often better deals
JI7
Sep 2019
#36
+1. And Amazon commingles genuine brand-name products with Chinese counterfeits
dalton99a
Sep 2019
#42
I used to love my Amazon prime but I use it less and less because of crap like this.
Luciferous
Sep 2019
#39
Amazon isn't a public utility, why the fuck do people expect it to act like one?
X_Digger
Sep 2019
#53