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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm fine with your (and others) speculative ramblings. I just take issue with those who tend to pretend that their opinions are objective fact.
Non-subjective statements like "Amazon is bad," (or Google, or Facebook) or "Kindle Unlimited is bad," or "Amazon is a monopoly," or "Amazon is hurting X" are pointless. They're nothing but hyperbole and opinion trying to being passed off as fact. There is no "side of the angels" to take regarding any of this this. They're all (Amazon, Apple, Publishers, Google, McDonalds, the plumber, the baker, the candlestick maker) "bad" and yet they all provide something "good." Stop looking for morality where there's none to be had.
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In legal terms, Amazon is very much a monopoly. "Monopoly is a control or advantage obtained by one entity over the commercial market in a specific area."
https://definitions.uslegal.com/m/monopoly/
Note, that being in a monopolistic position is not illegal. It simply means that certain actions become automatically illegal if you do it while having a monopolistic position. Does it mean that what Amazon is doing is bad? Not really. As far as I know, Amazon isn't forcing any author to join the KU and isn't penalizing any others who pull out of the KU. No harm, no foul in my book. Just my opinion, of course. I do think that Amazon has to be very careful about what they do. They don't have the political cover that they had 10 years ago.