Total failure to protect consumers and evidence of how US government is in the pockets of big USA Corporations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego...d_acquisitions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...d_acquisitions (Formerly Google). They should not have been permitted to buy in Android or Motorola. Shouldn't have been allowed exclusivity on PlayStore payments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n#Acquisitions Notable things Amazon shouldn't have been allowed to buy:
Mobipocket, which was later used as basis of SW on Linux for 1st Kindle.
IMDB
Goodreads
The two companies merged to make Amazon Createspace, now debranded and internal to Amazon KDP.
Abe books
Book Depository
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...e#Acquisitions Should never have been allowed exclusivity on deals with record companies, spliting LPS/Albums and special deals for iPhone with Mobile operators, buying in FingerWorks for iOS GUI. Buying in an ARM SoC design house. Exclusive for payments in App store & locking iOS to App store.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...sitions_by_IBM (Formerly Tabulating Co, then Hollerith)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ions_by_Oracle (Worst was being allowed to take Sun & control Solaris, Java, Open Office & other SW).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...t#Acquisitions (Initial success founded on porting Dartmouth Basic (no payment) and buying in DOS by taking over a company that stole CP/M & CP/M-86.) Shouldn't have been allowed to buy Sybase (rebranded MS-SQL) or Skype.
Windows, Gem, Lisa/Mac GUI, Amiga, Atari, RiscOS desktops all based on Xerox Star GUI which predated IBM PC and Apple computers after the Apple II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...itions_by_eBay Certainly shouldn't have been allowed to buy Skype or PayPal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Meta_Platforms (formerly Facebook)
Amazon already ignores publisher requests to have no DRM when you ket KFX.