Breaking up Amazon? India incident exacerbates Amazon's antitrust allegations

Amazon has long been accused of manipulating search results and engaging in unfair competition with third-party sellers, but Amazon has never admitted it. However, a large number of internal documents released in the past few days have confirmed these speculations.

Amazon.com Inc has carried out a systematic campaign in India to create knockoffs and manipulate search results to boost its own brands, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters.

As the world's largest e-commerce platform, Amazon has achieved its current success thanks to the participation of a large number of third-party sellers. The platform's strict commission policy requirements have caused sellers to complain bitterly. Ordinary sellers may face the risk of being blocked if they infringe on the rights of others, but Amazon personally plagiarizes sellers' products. Such embezzlement is really despicable.

Not only third-party sellers, but also US congressmen are fed up with it. Congresswoman Warren, who has long been dissatisfied with Amazon's monopoly, said: "These documents show our concerns about Amazon's monopoly power, which is one of the many reasons why we need to break it." It is reported that Warren advocated the splitting of Amazon and other technology giants when she ran for president in 2019, and this time she urged the splitting of Amazon again.

Moreover, this is inconsistent with what Bezos said before in Congress. Many members of Congress have expressed their dissatisfaction with Amazon over this matter and believe that Amazon must be punished.

Mitchell, co-director of the Local Self-Reliance Institute, also said, "I think Amazon needs to be split into several companies. If transportation, shopping platforms, online infrastructure providers, logistics, and general product manufacturers are established as independent companies, sellers will have more choices and checks and balances will be more prosperous."

In addition to Amazon, many technology giants such as Walmart, Facebook, and Google have also encountered many antitrust allegations in the United States before. The leak of Amazon's internal documents has once again heated up this topic.

The Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel said it is introducing a major antitrust bill targeting Big Tech companies that would prohibit dominant online platforms from engaging in discriminatory practices .

We can also wait for the follow-up results of the introduction of the new bill. Reducing Amazon's monopoly will undoubtedly be beneficial to sellers.

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