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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026AI made Amazon *much better* at enforcing Most Favored Nation, because AI is pretty good at parsing competitors' websites and finding instances of discounting. Amazon instantaneously punishes this by relegating the sellers' product listings to page umpty-billion of Amazon's search results. 28/ 115521
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026There are plenty of junk fees that go into Amazon's 51-60% rake. A large slice comes from fees Amazon charges for access to its (very profitable) logistics system. 29/ 11258
