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Amazon Busted for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy
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slemptastrophe piefed.social slemptastrophe@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-03
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The word "busted" implies that they'll be made to stop doing it and be held accountable somehow. We all know that's not going to happen though.

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CubitOom infosec.pub CubitOom@infosec.pub
Joined: 2023-06-08
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The word "busted" implies that they'll be made to stop doing it and be held accountable somehow. We all know that's not going to happen though.

"Slammed"

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tempest lemmy.ca tempest@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-30
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"Slammed"

Blasted

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errer lemmy.world errer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Blasted

Sodomized

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Hodor sh.itjust.works Hodor@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-30
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This is what defines monopoly. They kept prices low to avoid monopoly charges in the beginning... now it's safe to get away with it.

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xep discuss.online xep@discuss.online
Joined: 2025-08-06
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Amazon uses its Buy Box algorithm to make sure that sellers can’t sell through a different store or even through their own site with a lower price and access Amazon customers, even if they would be able to sell it more cheaply. If they do, they get cut off from the Buy Box, and thus, cut off de facto from being able to sell on Amazon.

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mycodesucks lemmy.world mycodesucks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-08
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The word "busted" implies that they'll be made to stop doing it and be held accountable somehow. We all know that's not going to happen though.

It also implies that we didn't know they were doing this already.

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