Ars Technica
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Technology
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Class-action lawsuit claims Amazon rigged its "Buy Box" to push customers to pay more for items that could've been purchased at lower costs with equal or faster delivery times.
Nearly 98 percent of Amazon sales are of items featured in the Buy Box , according to the lawsuit.
Authorities in the US and the European Union have investigated Amazon 's allegedly anticompetitive Buy Box algorithm.
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