Amazon Executive Compares the Company’s Advertising to Parable of Scorpion and Frog

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The court filing in FTC v. Amazon exposes Amazon's ability to profitably degrade its service for customers, a telltale sign of its monopoly power. This is demonstrated through tactics such as manipulating search results, flooding the search results page with paid advertisements, and punishing sellers who offer lower prices elsewhere. Despite these practices, Amazon continues to experience double-digit growth in overall sales, highlighting its dominant position in the market.