Title: Criticism of Amazon - Wikipedia
Headings: Criticism of Amazon
Criticism of Amazon
Contents
Anti-competitive practices
One-click patent
Canadian site
BookSurge
Direct selling
Price control
Removal of competitors' products
Apple partnership
Marketplace participant and owner
EU antitrust charges
Treatment of workers
Opposition to trade unions
Warehouse conditions in the US
Warehouse conditions in the UK
Working conditions for delivery drivers
2018 Workers strike
Stop BEZOS Act
Protest over coronavirus policies
Attempted suicides and hunger strikes by Amazon employees
Forced labor in China
Treatment of consumers
Differential pricing
Kindle content removal
Sale of Wikipedia's material as books
Product substitution
Items added onto baby registries
Third-party sellers
Competitive advantages
Tax avoidance
Effects on small businesses
Government contracts
Headquarters bidding leverage
Product availability
Animal cruelty
Items prohibited by UK law
Antisemitic content
Pedophile guide
Counterfeit products
Removal of LGBT works
Removal of other books
Partnerships and associations
Hikvision
Palantir hosting
Influence over local news
Other legal action
Trademark issues
Amazon Bookstore
Lush soap
Alleged libel
Alleged release of personal details
Amazon reviews
WikiLeaks hosting
Environmental impact
References
External links

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Overview of the criticism of Amazon
Amazon.com has drawn criticism from multiple sources, where the ethics of certain business practices and policies have been drawn into question. Amazon has also faced numerous allegations of anti-competitive or monopolistic behavior. Contents
1 Anti-competitive practices
1.1 One-click patent
1.2 Canadian site
1.3 BookSurge
1.4 Direct selling
1.5 Price control
1.6 Removal of competitors' products
1.7 Apple partnership
1.8 Marketplace participant and owner
1.9 EU antitrust charges
2 Treatment of workers
2.1 Opposition to trade unions
2.2 Warehouse conditions in the US
2.3 Warehouse conditions in the UK
2.4 Working conditions for delivery drivers
2.5 2018 Workers strike
2.6 Stop BEZOS Act
2.7 Protest over coronavirus policies
2.8 Attempted suicides and hunger strikes by Amazon employees
2.9 Forced labor in China
3 Treatment of consumers
3.1 Differential pricing
3.2 Kindle content removal
3.3 Sale of Wikipedia's material as books
3.4 Product substitution
3.5 Items added onto baby registries
3.6 Third-party sellers
4 Competitive advantages
4.1 Tax avoidance
4.2 Effects on small businesses
4.3 Government contracts
4.4 Headquarters bidding leverage
5 Product availability
5.1 Animal cruelty
5.2 Items prohibited by UK law
5.3 Antisemitic content
5.4 Pedophile guide
5.5 Counterfeit products
5.6 Removal of LGBT works
5.7 Removal of other books
6 Partnerships and associations
6.1 Hikvision
6.2 Palantir hosting
6.3 Influence over local news
7 Other legal action
7.1 Trademark issues
7.1.1 Amazon Bookstore
7.1.2 Lush soap
7.2 Alleged libel
7.3 Alleged release of personal details
8 Amazon reviews
9 WikiLeaks hosting
10 Environmental impact
11 References
12 External links
Anti-competitive practices
One-click patent
The company has been controversial for its alleged use of patents as a competitive hindrance. The " 1-Click patent" is perhaps the best-known example of this. Amazon's use of the 1-click patent against competitor Barnes & Noble 's website led the Free Software Foundation to announce a boycott of Amazon in December 1999. The boycott was discontinued in September 2002. On February 22, 2000, the company was granted a patent covering an Internet-based customer referral system, or what is commonly called an "affiliate program". Industry leaders Tim O'Reilly and Charlie Jackson spoke out against the patent, and O'Reilly published an open letter to Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, protesting the 1-click patent and the affiliate program patent, and petitioning him to "avoid any attempts to limit the further development of Internet commerce". O'Reilly collected 10,000 signatures with this petition. Bezos responded with his own open letter.