So say it was separated, and the first order effect is that AWS inc is wildly profitable, and Amazon retail is not, and they have to raise prices or lose market share to others. Is that going to result in a better outcome?
I don't think I've formed an opinion on whether breaking them up is better. On one hand, amazon driving competitors out of business seems bad, on the other, you could think of it as subsidizing innovation in retail with profits that otherwise would just go to the shareholders. I don't entirely buy that either, but neither do I buy the idea that we should break them up so those maintaining the status quo can be competitive
I don't think I've formed an opinion on whether breaking them up is better. On one hand, amazon driving competitors out of business seems bad, on the other, you could think of it as subsidizing innovation in retail with profits that otherwise would just go to the shareholders. I don't entirely buy that either, but neither do I buy the idea that we should break them up so those maintaining the status quo can be competitive