>Amazon solved a fairly large problem with retailers here. They were shit and abusive to the customers.

So what's all this 'comingling' thing about then? I assure you that if AMZN becomes dominant, customer service will get worse not better. Bezos is not a charity.

>I’d rather prefer it if that wasn’t the case for ref but I know British culture well enough to know that we’re lazy and selfish.

Substitute 'Romanian' for 'British' then ask if your racism still sounds OK to you.