Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

While competition is supposed to be central to capitalism, the wealthiest people alive today have gotten rich by suppressing it.

One study examined 850 clothing products initially sold on Amazon by third-party vendors and found that Amazon began selling a full quarter of its business customers’ best sellers within just twelve weeks of the original listing.25 Vendors know Amazon is scheming to clone their most successful products, but they can’t stop selling via that platform because, without it, they can’t reach their customers.