A case would be a high-water mark for FTC Chair Lina Khan who gained prominence criticizing the company’s dominance.

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    The complaint is likely to focus on challenges to Amazon Prime, Amazon rules that the FTC says block lower prices on competing websites, and policies the FTC believes force merchants to use Amazon’s logistics and advertising services, according to some of the people.

    Relevant part of the article - they’re not going near AWS or the entertainment/filming side of things, just the retail side it looks like.

    Even if Amazon loses every part of a lawsuit like this it won’t materially affect their bottom line, so the headline seems like clickbait to me.

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      This is anecdotal, but amazon is rarely the cheapest place to shop nowadays, even with prime shipping

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        It tends to be the same as anywhere else. The only reason to use it is the flexibility they offer with delivery dates with Prime.