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There are many businesses who are 100% dependent on Amazon as a platform and Google as an acquisition stream. If you want to break out and sell on your own online platform, you're still dependent on Google, be it through search or advertising.

I would love to hear of consumer facing (B2C) online businesses who are successfully operating without any Google or Amazon dependencies to see if it's even possible in the current online ecosystem.

My hypothesis is that it isn't, and as such Amazon and Google should be broken up. They have close to a functional monopoly on consumers, but I'm putting forward that they also have a functional monopoly on online businesses in commerce.



I own a SAAS product that does well into the six figures ARR and we have spent exactly $100 on Google ads (which proved they are worthless.)

Our sales are from word of mouth and direct marketing.


Examples of businesses operating without Amazon? Most businesses are not on Amazon or use it to clear old inventory.

Without google search in anyway? There are some ig direct marketing businesses or ebay businesses.




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