1415 points•705 comments•2w ago•by herbertl•seths.blog ↗

The Amazon tax

Author Seth Godin argues that Amazon's search advertising amounts to a tax on consumers, calling it 'legal theft.' He contends Amazon earns about a billion dollars weekly from search ads and that such advertising distorts search results, raises prices, and may discourage improvements to organic search. The piece notes a specific ad example for the book 'The Knot' and suggests the system benefits the platform more than sellers or buyers.

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