You should check out Chokepoint Capitalism by Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin. To put it briefly, you've been fooled. You're making an argument that empowers

You should check out Chokepoint Capitalism by Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin. To put it briefly, you've been fooled. You're making an argument that empowers the likes of Amazon, not "writers", and it's by design that you've been fed that story.