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Small business owners say Amazon is selling their products without permission (www.newschannel5.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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"I typed in YamzWorld into the Amazon app and lo and behold there were all my products there with my pictures from my website as well," Montes-Tarazas said.

While he receives payment for sales, Montes-Tarazas said the arrangement strips away his ability to build direct customer relationships.

"I do get the sale and I do get the money, but customers never get to interact with my website, they have no ability to sign up for my mailing list. They have no idea who I am as an artist or what I stand for," Montes-Tarazas said.

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

There are about 1.3 million attorneys in the United States in 2026. Find a cross section between that and “consequences? Fuck it” and that’s your group.

There’s likely plenty of people who will happily make good trouble fighting Amazon.

Also, people know people. I myself have a friend of a friend with incredibly powerful legal weight that wants to take a swing at my employer. They are waiting for them to cross a line and then I just need to agree to let them go nuts.

That situation is NOT rare. And powerful people know this. So they paint this picture of them being indestructible. But it’s a lie.

What happens if Amazon just stops existing one day?

Literally nothing. They are buried into all e-commerce like a fucking tick. They pretty much own the cloud, even if Google and Microsoft tell you otherwise. But everything they’ve done is already done. The blueprint is out there. The rough edges sanded down. There are no questions, which means recreating such a thing is much less risky and expensive now than it used to be.

And Amazon knows this.