> I don't see how this is legal, Personally i don't think you should be able to run the market and compete in it at the same time.
It may be, it may not be. I don't know, I am not a Lawyer nor do I play one on the internet.
What I do know is that to date no individual, or collective, has had the financial or political will to test any of this in court.
I suspect this is largely a positive feedback loop whereby any entity that has the financial or political capital to do so and stand a reasonable chance of winning has done the calculus and come to the conclusion that setting said legal precedent would do their own businesses more harm than it would net them in value from Amazon.
Until that changes, meet the new boss same as the old boss.
Any individual or collective which had the wherewithal could do the math and it will always be strongly in favor of working with Amazon rather than against it.
Old boss wasn't going anywhere until a new one came along that was big enough to crush at will.
It may be, it may not be. I don't know, I am not a Lawyer nor do I play one on the internet.
What I do know is that to date no individual, or collective, has had the financial or political will to test any of this in court.
I suspect this is largely a positive feedback loop whereby any entity that has the financial or political capital to do so and stand a reasonable chance of winning has done the calculus and come to the conclusion that setting said legal precedent would do their own businesses more harm than it would net them in value from Amazon.
Until that changes, meet the new boss same as the old boss.