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Comment by amelius

> Nobody owed small bookstores a living.

By saying that you're basically throwing the whole concept of "fairness" out of the window, so that's no argument.

In my view, Amazon does provide a more complete service than smaller bookstores, but they achieved this with external money; money obtained from outside the book-selling business.

A similar thing is happening to restaurant owners. Companies like Uber Eats (started through enormous investments) build a portal where people can order food. Suddenly, restaurant owners have to pay a sum of money to these companies to stay in business. This is totally unfair, in my view.

parent amelius 8 years ago

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