TL;DR: Amazon is a monopoly as people do not want to risk dealing with mail order fraud and credit card theft when finding alternatives/trying to order direct.
As for the other things regarding media you mentioned, the reason people refuse to resort to piracy as an alternative is because malware.
TL;DR: Amazon is a monopoly as people do not want to risk dealing with mail order fraud and credit card theft when finding alternatives/trying to order direct.
As for the other things regarding media you mentioned, the reason people refuse to resort to piracy as an alternative is because malware.