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They also killed a huge amount of e-commerce sites with their sheer size. This isn't really about tech more about their monopoly.
Shopify accounts for 1/3 of all e-commerce sales in the US in 2023, and with the rise of way cheaper Chinese alternatives to amazon like shien, Temu, & Alibaba express no one really has a monopolistic control in the e-commerce space.