Monopoly Pricing Quotes

“Amazon makes 38 billion every year charging merchants for search placement.
On average, the first result in an Amazon search is 29 percent more expensive than the best result for your search. Click any of the top four links on the top of your screen, and you'll pay an average of 25 percent more than you would for your best match. On average, that best match is located seventeen places down in an Amazon search result.”
― Cory Doctorow, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It