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Decouple Amazon Warehouse division from Amazon Web Services (AWS largely subsidizes losses incurred by warehouse division), then we will see change.

Right now FTC going after low hanging fruit. But we all know Amazon will challenge it in court, appeal, appeal, appeal, pay the reduced fine, slow roll any changes, and business will continue as usual.

Break up the tech giants and each individual unit cannot survive as-is.

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Yep. I'd say Amazon should be split at least four ways: AWS, their delivery/fulfillment operation, the web shopping platform, and the "Amazon Basics" and other product brands.

Edit: just saw that ihaveajob posted the same idea in another reply.

Just breaking off AWS would be enough to see change. I see people saying they should spin off their house brands but that wouldn’t fly when other big retailers also sell their own brands along side third parties.

Does AWS include the Prime streaming platform?

It sends a chill down my spine to see that one of the perks of being a Prime member is unlimited photo storage.

It’s sickening to realize there’s a bunch of Gullible Guses and Ginas that are holding off cancelling their Prime subscription because their pictures are held hostage by Amazon.

I bet dollars-to-donuts that half of those folks don’t know how to articulate the sentimental attachment to their Prime subscription either.

I bet the number of peeps actually using amazon for photo storage is negligible ;)

Funny because alot of sellers are complaining about high fba fees eating into their profits. If you remove the subsidy (assuming there is one which I doubt) those fees would rise to hurt sellers more.

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