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List of all the companies owned by Bezos (www.thomasnet.com)

submitted 3 months ago by a887dcd7a@feddit.org to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39148975

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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Monopoly in action. Why are we allowing this?

[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@Zacryon @a887dcd7a if you think that's bad: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/companies-control-everything-you-buy-kelloggs-nestle-unilever-a7666731.html

[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@Zacryon @a887dcd7a here's one from last year, so a bit more up to date https://quartr.com/insights/company-research/the-consumer-goods-sector-housing-the-worlds-most-known-brands

[–] a887dcd7a@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shared your links as standalone post.

[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 2 points 3 months ago

@a887dcd7a thanks. I didn't think of that!

[–] SamHalfcorpse@feddit.it 4 points 3 months ago

Jezz! how many companies are there? This is insane

[–] You@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago

The Book Depository used to be great and offered free shipping worldwide. But they were closed in 2023.

[–] Garzak@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea iMDB was anything more than a hobby project that got huge.

[–] Unrelated@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

I am using The Movie Data Base (TMDB) since a couple of years. I think it it’s another hobby project. At least it works really well and, as far as I know is still independent.

Not sure if European per se.