>How does a bookstore go from being a bookstore that now controls the internet's infrastructure and now my healthcare?
Despite my sneering comment, Amazon was never supposed to be a "bookstore"
Bezos's goal was to be the largest intermediary for all commerce worldwide.
This was the quote: "To be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices"
How does a bookstore go from being a bookstore that now controls the internet's infrastructure and now my healthcare?
I don't know but money isn't the answer. Back then, in 1980's Germany book wholesellers Koch, Neff & Oetinger and Lichtenbrink pioneered robotic storage, and for very much the same reasons as Amazon. They were logistics giants that would deliver your book overnight, but they did not go on do dominate the world.
Can't we for once have legislators who can say something to the effect of "stay in your lane" to a corporation and actually enforce it?
How does a bookstore go from being a bookstore that now controls the internet's infrastructure and now my healthcare?