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Amazon Sued For Tricking Users Into Subscribing For Prime Service

Amazon accused of illegally inducing consumers to sign up for its Prime service and then hindering them from canceling their subscription. A recently filed lawsuit alleges that Amazon “duped millions of consumers” into enrolling in Prime by using “manipulative, coercive or deceptive” design tactics on its website known as “dark patterns.” And when consumers wanted…

Amazon Using Monopolistic Marketing To Stifle eBook Competition

US House Judiciary Concludes Amazon eBook Contract Clause Stifles Competition The U.S. House Judiciary Committee recently concluded Amazon uses its dominant position in e-commerce as leverage to require “Most-Favored-Nation” clauses in its contracts with the Big Five publishing houses – Hachette Book Group Harper Collins Publishers LLC Macmillan Publishing Group LLC Penquin Random House LLC…