I see no fault on Amazon's side about using the data that are accessible to them, and exploit whatever value from them.
Naturally, the competition is for a winner to emerge. Not to continuously drag on in a competition. What Amazon did is natural and reasonable in a competition.
Secondly, it's a reasonable thing for a platform to access aggregate sales data. Amazon is a retail platform. It's entirely unreasonable to forbid them from using such data for the benefits of the sellers and buyers, and for their platform to function better.
In the end, this is a value judgement:
* Is it still a valuable thing to let the small retailers to operate independently, and be free from of systematic data-driven competition from platforms?
My feeling is that the small retailers are just an inefficient way of using society resources. And I support Amazon's strategy.
Naturally, the competition is for a winner to emerge. Not to continuously drag on in a competition. What Amazon did is natural and reasonable in a competition.
Secondly, it's a reasonable thing for a platform to access aggregate sales data. Amazon is a retail platform. It's entirely unreasonable to forbid them from using such data for the benefits of the sellers and buyers, and for their platform to function better.
In the end, this is a value judgement: * Is it still a valuable thing to let the small retailers to operate independently, and be free from of systematic data-driven competition from platforms?
My feeling is that the small retailers are just an inefficient way of using society resources. And I support Amazon's strategy.