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Amazon's inevitable missteps becoming a problem for its products, services

Some experts in antitrust law agree that Amazon doesn't meet the bar for interest from regulators

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Illustration by Binay Sinha

Christopher Mims | WSJ
Amazon.com has a Facebook-size problem: It’s become such a gigantic, sprawling, powerful business that its inevitable missteps are beginning to erode trust in its products and services, good will in Washington, and its ability to achieve globe-spanning dominance.

Let’s pause to reflect that the company that has made one-day shipping of tens of millions of items the industry standard is also the global leader in cloud computing services, owns the Whole Foods grocery stores (and is building a second chain), helps police departments identify criminals, is building its own air cargo fleet, has an $11 billion-a-year advertising business, is working