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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
70% market share is a monopoly in my book;
I do not believe that Amazon has anything close to 70% of stuff shipped in packages, which is to say that your house must be atypical;* and
Most of what Amazon can ship to you can also be bought in a store.
* Half of the cars in our driveway are VWs, but that doesn't mean that VW has 50% of the auto market.
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For purposes of antitrust laws, I think our house forms a separate geographic market for boxes on the step. It's likely a larger market than, for example, Rhode Island, which is just next door.
Also, do stores still actually exist? Huh. I thought they'd gone the way of the fax machine.