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by freejazz 1207 days ago
It could be if it makes up the entire market...
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Except it doesn't, not even remotely; there are dozens of other ways of buying things online, people just choose not to.
Except the issue isn't whether there are "dozens of other ways of buying things online, people just choose not to" but whether Amazon's market share is so large as to prohibit anyone from being able to compete with it.
That’s an obvious, “No”, as there are many competitors to Amazon…
I'm not aware of any but okay, if you insist
You're not aware of other online retailers?
Amazon is more than an online retailer...

Amazon sells ads on its marketplace. It also sells ads that integrate within its marketplace listings in a fashion that can be difficult to discern. It offers a fulfillment service that is integrated with its marketplace. It offers an integrated third party marketplace. These, are of course, facts. Whereas my initial response to was just the hypothetical point that you misunderstand how anti-trust law is applied. I don't think this has been much of a conversation seeing as how you are just being purposefully obtuse. It's clear you are making no efforts to come at this with good faith and I'm not going to bother any further otherwise.