> For one, they can still be held to account through individual lawsuits.

No-one's suing Amazon for this on an individual basis. And nor is any lawyer taking this case for a few bucks (literally).

That doesn't mean there has been a wrong. That's part of the purpose of a class action.

> If a lawsuit ends up taking 100 years because that's long it takes to adjudicate each class member (which was the case in a prior unrelated lawsuit)

Citation?