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by crucifiction 3119 days ago
Amazon is not a monopoly, Google is. Retail is ENORMOUS and even in the area of online retail, which is still only a minor segment of all retail sales, Amazon still only has something like 30-50% marketshare depending on the type of good/week of the year. There is no "search" outside of the Web and google controls 90%+ of it.
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Not sure why you're being downvoted, you're correct
You don't have to be a monopoly to illegally use market power in one market to influence a different one. It all comes down to the lawyers.