I think there's a difference there, though. Retail sales and reselling are parts of what most people broadly consider the "same industry". I mean, a small seller making a deal with Amazon to resell something that they know Amazon could sell on its own is at least always aware of the competition.
In this case, tech investing and online retailing are not the same industry. Amazon is using a dominance in one to fund the other, which then it uses to either drive valuations of potential competitors down or to simply outcompete them.
And that's a plausible antitrust problem.
I'm normally not in the Amazon haters camp. Most of the time I'll defend them against the typical charges of unfair competition. Not this time. This is sketchy.
In this case, tech investing and online retailing are not the same industry. Amazon is using a dominance in one to fund the other, which then it uses to either drive valuations of potential competitors down or to simply outcompete them.
And that's a plausible antitrust problem.
I'm normally not in the Amazon haters camp. Most of the time I'll defend them against the typical charges of unfair competition. Not this time. This is sketchy.