A case would be a high-water mark for FTC Chair Lina Khan who gained prominence criticizing the company’s dominance.

  • NotTheOnlyGamer
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    252 years ago

    Finally. Maybe the world’s biggest store, the world’s biggest CDN and webhost, and the world’s biggest logistics network shouldn’t be under one roof.

    • elscallr
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      302 years ago

      The world’s biggest store is Walmart, the world’s biggest cdn is Akamai, and the world’s biggest logistics network is DHL.

        • ripcord
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          32 years ago

          Ah, I was hoping these kinds of lazy, carbon-copied replies would be left on Reddit.

    • HexTrace
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      142 years ago

      The complaint is likely to focus on challenges to Amazon Prime, Amazon rules that the FTC says block lower prices on competing websites, and policies the FTC believes force merchants to use Amazon’s logistics and advertising services, according to some of the people.

      Relevant part of the article - they’re not going near AWS or the entertainment/filming side of things, just the retail side it looks like.

      Even if Amazon loses every part of a lawsuit like this it won’t materially affect their bottom line, so the headline seems like clickbait to me.

      • CoWizard
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        62 years ago

        This is anecdotal, but amazon is rarely the cheapest place to shop nowadays, even with prime shipping

        • lemonflavoured
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          52 years ago

          It tends to be the same as anywhere else. The only reason to use it is the flexibility they offer with delivery dates with Prime.