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@matthewstoller: 1. This is a holy $&$#& story of corruption and threats from Amazon, where their head lobbyist was caught on tape. First, the small stuff. It shows Amazon regularly buys off academics, in this case...…
I;ve never ordered anything from Amazon. People can live without it.
Sure, you may have to pay more, but you're not supporting Amazon and Jeff Bezos
Amazon's marketplace is not where they make their money. AWS has a strangehold on the cloud. Many of the businesses you rely on have moved their entire infrastructure into Amazon's cloud. They could black out large portions of the internet or deny web hosting based on political affiliations - they did this to Parler previously.
Don't disagree but the article specifically mentions shutting down the Markeplace.
Etsy and ebay is the shit
eBay is quickly entering the trash heap.
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