By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026Thus, Amazon imposes an *economy-wide* tax on nearly every product you buy. Amazon's junk fees average 51-60% of the purchase price of the things you buy there. 25/ 120945
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026Because Amazon has captured a supermajority of the richest 10% of Americans (who have almost all pre-paid for a year's shipping through Prime), every seller *must* sell on Amazon, or forego any hope of selling to most of the country's most prolific shoppers. 26/ 116016
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026Any seller who signs up for Amazon is agreeing to turn over *the majority* of their sales income to Amazon, and any seller who raises prices to recoup those sums, *must* raise prices everywhere, at every retail outlet in the country. 27/ 116029
