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Amazon Busted for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy (www.thebignewsletter.com)
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[–] xep@discuss.online 5 points 4 days ago

Amazon uses its Buy Box algorithm to make sure that sellers can’t sell through a different store or even through their own site with a lower price and access Amazon customers, even if they would be able to sell it more cheaply. If they do, they get cut off from the Buy Box, and thus, cut off de facto from being able to sell on Amazon.