>It's a mafia cabal that is controlled
For example, Amazon was selected to be one of the few major cloud providers back when java Script was fighting against Microsoft's Jscript for the browser standard language. Don't believe me, go look at the Kentucky Derby by Pompeo who had a horse named known agenda by a rider named Besos.
Many small merchants are part of the cabal, they get preference and have to do the will of the higher up echelons. Hlaf the auto retailers on LI are owned by one person, most optical eye care are owned by one person.