[frgtpsswrdlame]

>If you want to get to determine the rules of the game, you have to build your own playing field.

Amazon is basically a monopoly, I'd like to know how you imagine a small business competing against them. And why should a small shoe/fidget-spinner/alibaba-reselling business need to build their own shopping website anyways? "Platforms" should be free.

[ghostly_s]

How are they a monopoly exactly? I can google "<Product name> for sale" easily enough.

[frgtpsswrdlame]

Look at it from the other direction. Little moves by them, like what's described in the article, can kill off all sorts of small businesses. How else would that be possible without extreme amounts of market power?