Gov may step in on Amazon, then again they may not since their kind of busy right now. Amazon is more like Microsoft than FedEx as far as the acquisition game. Microsoft acquires nearly 240 other companies within their lane businesses since 1987 or so, Amazon just crested 100 since 1997 perhaps and definitely not staying within their original lane (Books was it). Cat and Mouse with FedEx, OK Cat vs Big Dog Shipper is that better. It’s not like anyone thinks for a second that Fred and Jeff are best friends or even mild acquaintances. Amazon can never be like FedEx or better shipping wise and maybe that’s very true, but they have been acknowledged by all parties as a competitor so it seems and everything starts relatively small for the most part and they have grown faster than most, especially on the ground and the air is following suit it seems. Whether or not a viable competitor they see the value in controlling their destiny and then offering others space on board as others have said previously. Primary competitors are Alibaba definitely, Microsoft, Apple, etc selling products and cloud space you bet. Shipping is a small part of their grand venture and testing everything is a part of their science. As things grow they normally are harder to manipulate/monitor/manage so there will be give and take in many areas competition wise. They relentlessly keep throwing this and that out there, most of it sticks some doesn’t and they come back at it another way or don’t. Has it reached its plateau - that’s open for endless discussion, but time will tell.

I prefer competition, it’s normally good for the consumer unless their all in cahoots...