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In what world is Amazon a large parasitic corporation that is killing innovation? I'm no Amazon fan, but I'd say they're dong more than their fair share of innovation, and given how many companies use their online stores and cloud services, they're the opposite of parasitic.

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1) Acquisitions of actually innovative tech corps and their products, which may be incorporated into Amazons products or simply killed. Microsoft is quite good at this.

2) Monopoly means no competition = bad for pricing, quality of service, and ultimately, the market.

Are you unaware of federal anti-trust law and it's history?

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