Amazon spent almost $14M on lobbying in 2020, and employs over 100 lobbyists. It's the #1 tech lobbyist in DC.
<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000023883" rel="nofollow">https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary...</a><p>Also:
<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-amazon-lobbying/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-amazon-lobbying/</a><p>In short, I think it's fair to say Amazon has been very successful in securing government contracts, lobbying for advantageous policy, and willingness to cooperate on just about any privacy-busting government initiative.
I assume it's just because Amazon's e-retail share is under 50% most of the time, and their overall retail share is under 5%.<p><a href="https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2019/12/amazons-market-share19" rel="nofollow">https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2019/12/amazons-mark...</a>