Nice try, Bezos.

Abuse by middlmen (wholesalers, retailer groups) is commonplace - just because this time it is online isn't magically different. Waving your hand and saying 'if it weren't for Amazon, there'd be no long tail' is just silly.

The rest of your arguments are just a gish gallop: Slotting fees, not a charity, vendor's own fault, claims of price fixing, and pointing fingers at others. Naw, ain't buying it. Capture via every possible trick is part of how big vendors grow. It's literally why we have so many laws that set limits on what can or can't be done.

Conspicuously absent from your argument on why disruptive online businesses undercut retail: pretending that they're exempt from any inconvenient law. That's the M.O. of Amazon, Uber, etc. They're not competing, they're unilaterally claiming exemptions. FTN.