How Amazon "Lied, Spied, Cheated Its Way to the Top": WSJ Reporter Dana Mattioli

[Uncle Joe]

We speak with Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli about her new book, _The Everything War_, which examines how Amazon came to dominate the U.S. economy through its "scorched-earth" tactics. "I found just a ton of business practices driven by this toxic culture at Amazon, where the company lied, spied, cheated its way to the top," she says. Mattioli also discusses the threat of antitrust lawsuits to Amazon and other Big Tech firms, political pressure on Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and more.

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[jimfields33]

1. I'm a prime member and get about 10 monthly orders for cleaning supplies, toilet paper and paper towels.

I like not having to shop for them when grocery or other shopping. Every company has negatives. It’s human nature.

[AltairIV]

2. Liars and the reporters who ignore it

Perhaps she should focus her attention on the owner of her paper and detail how the lies faux news broadcasted cost them 100's of million of dollars and why they continue to make stuff up?

[EastBayGuy]

3. Amazon embodies "Enshitification"

especially if you ignore all the shitty tactics that Amazon uses in its daily operations and only focus on the shopping experience. I use to enjoy shopping on Amazon but disappearing brand names, bad search results, ADs, Chinese crap, and counterfeit products have led me to look for HONEST shopping alternatives. After Amazon added a $2.99 a month fee to remove ADs from Prime Video and increased the monthly fee for Kindle Unlimited by $2 month, I cancelled Prime. In my case, Amazon increased my monthly fees by 23% for what? Not for better service, not better selection, not for us only for Amazon and its shareholders.