Ask HN: Why aren't governments going after Amazon for Anti-Trust?

2 points by johnnyg 5y ago ↗ HN

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Amazon spent almost $14M on lobbying in 2020, and employs over 100 lobbyists. It's the #1 tech lobbyist in DC. https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary...

Also: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-amazon-lobbying/

In short, I think it's fair to say Amazon has been very successful in securing government contracts, lobbying for advantageous policy, and willingness to cooperate on just about any privacy-busting government initiative.

smt88 5y ago ↗

I assume it's just because Amazon's e-retail share is under 50% most of the time, and their overall retail share is under 5%.

https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2019/12/amazons-mark...

[dead] wryoak 5y ago ↗

Amazon didn't create an environment that simultaneously infuriates the left ("FAKE NEWS RADICALIZING CONSERVATIVES") and the right ("CENSORING CONSERVATIVE OPIJNIONS") and everyone in between ("MY WORTHLESS PRIVACYH")