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Wouldn't solve anything. They'd just split their company to be separate entities but still share all the information and operate as if nothing has changed.



What they would probably do is form special relationships to give certain brands special placement and/or endorsement, but charge those brands a larger fee for the special treatment. The end result is basically the same.


Isn't that collusion?


Companies enter into agreements all the time, not all of it is necessarily collusion.

The Amazon Basics company could buy some market information or behavioural stats from the Amazon Dotcom company at a rather steep price, for example.


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