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Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Amazon Has Turned Into an Monopolistic Shithole Littered With Pay-to-Play Ads, FTC Lawsuit Solemnly Argues

www.404media.co

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Amazon Has Turned Into an Monopolistic Shithole Littered With Pay-to-Play Ads, FTC Lawsuit Solemnly Argues

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Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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"Amazon shifted gears so that it now litters its storefront with pay-to-play advertisements. In addition to overcharging its customers, Amazon is degrading the services it provides them."
  • BigFig
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    123•2 years ago

    Okay don’t think the FTC said Shit hole, no need to hyperbolize everything

    • @[email protected]
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      77•2 years ago

      I would slide them $5 for them to openly swear though

      • @[email protected]
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        35•2 years ago

        Damn… that is 2000% their annual budget.

    • P03 Locke
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      5•2 years ago

      And these guys call themselves professional journalists?

    • Ghostalmedia
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      34•2 years ago

      Exactly. The document simply states

      “We’re gonna make 'em eat our shit, then shit out our shit, then eat their shit which is made up of our shit that we made 'em eat.”

      • @[email protected]
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        13•2 years ago

        Good ol’ Jay. He is a wordsmith.

    • @[email protected]
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      3•2 years ago

      Totally agree. Let’s leave the sensationalization for that other site.

      • @[email protected]
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        15•2 years ago

        Surprisingly, this is the article’s title.

    • @[email protected]
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      2•2 years ago

      They should have, because that’s what Amazon is these days. :P

    • @[email protected]
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      18•2 years ago

      Would be cooler if they did, tho

    • @[email protected]
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      18•2 years ago

      That’s the title of OPs linked article. What’s a lemming to do?

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