Did Amazon trick people into paying for Prime? Federal case goes to trial

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This Prime case is a prelude to the FTC’s second and sweeping lawsuit that has accused Amazon of functioning as a monopoly. Amazon sellers say they made a good living — until Amazon figured it out The federal government has sued Amazon for allegedly using its monopoly power to stamp out rivals. “Occasional customer frustrations and mistakes are inevitable — especially for a program as popular as Amazon Prime,” the company’s trial brief says. The federal government accuses the tech giant of tricking people into paying for prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel. SELYUKH: The FTC says Amazon broke competition and consumer protection laws by how it got people to pay for Prime subscriptions.