Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices — A new report details Amazon’s Project Nessie pricing algorithm::Amazon deployed a secret algorithm to gauge how high it could raise prices before its competitors stopped increasing their prices as well.
Amazon gets sales data, not just pricing data that can be scraped.
Its the extra data they get by controlling the platform/marketplace that becomes problematic imo.
I agree that could be a sticking point, and maybe end up with a minor fine for that. Amazon (and Google+ Ms) typically are very good at separating that data. I’m not sure what Amazon would use that here.
The details are sparse, but that’s not what I read they are doing here.