The Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet(www.theguardian.com)
24 pointsby dredmorbius2 hours ago3 comments
  • al_borland25 minutes ago
    Amazon needed some good old fashioned trust busting years ago. It’s long overdue. Now, because they’ve waited so long, it’s unlikely prices will ever be able to go down to what they should be without Amazon’s interference.
  • timnetworks30 minutes ago
    Amazon is garbage. The majority of goods on amazon are trash too. Everything about it is shitty unless you think it's neat that a guy drives a truck clear across your town because you can't be bothered. And those people are trash too.
    • mindslight8 minutes ago
      I'm all for criticizing Amazon where it makes sense, but...

      > guy drives a truck clear across your town because you can't be bothered.

      Can't be bothered to what? Get things shipped to a UPS or Fedex depot for pickup?

      Or are you serious trying to imply the alternative is to drive your own car to a brick and mortar store, walk in with ambiguous purchase intent, suffer limited selection and lack of price context, and think your suffering is noble or something?

  • fhn2 hours ago
    this is monopolistic behavior. I think a yearly billion dollar inflation adjusted fine sounds about right.