Cory Doctorow personal blog
Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it
Amazon is very proud of its "flywheel": at first, the company offered subsidies to customers, which lured in sellers. Then, it demanded that those sellers lower their prices, which lured in more customers. With more customers, more sellers piled in. Faster and faster, the flywheel spins, creating the "everything…
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Tech Industry & BusinessSociety, Policy & Culture2023
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Apr 25, 2023 | Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it by worik | 102 | 70 |
| Apr 26, 2023 | How Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it by Sindisil | 56 | 32 |
