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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Amazon's Tactics Confirm Its Critics' Worst

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Amazon's Tactics Confirm Its Critics' Worst Suspicions

(New York Times): http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/amazons-tactics-confirm-its-critics-worst-suspicions

   "Just wait, those critics have always shot back. Wait till Amazon
    controls the whole market, then see how well it treats authors,
    publishers and customers. Now Amazon is walking right into its
    detractors' predictions. There are a couple obvious reasons this
    is a bad strategy ... But the more basic problem here is that
    Amazon is violating its own code ..."

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