Amazon duped millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime, US FTC says

[snot]

57. I'd be more excited if they started enforcing antitrust laws.

It seems very clear that amazon has used anticompetitive practices for years to drive others out of business by aggressively underpricing goods and services; and then, once it's become more or less the sole provider, it starts raising the prices and cutting back or charging more for the services.

The process isn't complete yet, but once it is, we'll be more or less at the mercy of our "company store."