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They'll do what they did to Wikileaks. The USG phone Visa and MasterCard CEOs and threaten the shit out of them personally. Suddenly you lose the ability to tak

by junto 11y ago

They'll do what they did to Wikileaks. The USG phone Visa and MasterCard CEOs and threaten the shit out of them personally. Suddenly you lose the ability to take credit card payments. You can turn to Bitcoin, but that's like trying to quench the hunger of a million people with one faucet. Plus if you are an American then it doesn't matter where your servers are hosted. The men in black suits are going to be knocking on your door.

mtgx 11y ago
> The USG phone Visa and MasterCard CEOs Don't forget Amazon. Never forget Amazon: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-website-cables-servers-amazon http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-websi...
- rdl 11y ago
  I wonder if they'd ever go after corporate principals in ways calculated to annoy. I'd be fine with losing AWS access, but if they made it so I couldn't buy books/toilet paper from Amazon because I worked for/etc a company they hated, it'd be really annoying.
- MichaelGG 11y ago
  Amazon's pretty corrupt. Apart from Wikileaks they've also decided to abuse their position and not compete by refusing to sell Apple TV or Chromecasts. Just get a 404. Their service reps deny everything and say it's just a temporary stock issue or that they "lack the contracts to sell such products". Scummy, and I'm very reluctantly cancelling prime over it, and I'm a customer of 13 years.
  - junto 11y ago
    Can you explain the background to this story? This is because they only want to sell their solution?
    - MichaelGG 11y ago
      http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/2/9439281/amazon-ban-apple-tv-chromecast-why http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/2/9439281/amazon-ban-apple-t... Their supposed explanation (though several CSRs denied this) is that people want Amazon Prime Video (heh ok), and Chromecast/AppleTV doesn't "support it". Hence they are refusing to sell these devices. In reality it seems far more like a pathetic death throe of the folks running FireTV or a response to the (most likely?) low uptake of the poor Prime Video offering. The thing is they are so entrenched (I spent a lot on Amazon, and Prime is a main reason) they can really shut hurt products by refusing to carry them. Ordering via someone else is a pain. (I used jet.com to buy Chromecasts and they're so, so, far from Amazon.)

by junto 11y ago

mtgx 11y ago

> The USG phone Visa and MasterCard CEOs Don't forget Amazon. Never forget Amazon: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-website-cables-servers-amazon http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-websi...

rdl 11y ago
I wonder if they'd ever go after corporate principals in ways calculated to annoy. I'd be fine with losing AWS access, but if they made it so I couldn't buy books/toilet paper from Amazon because I worked for/etc a company they hated, it'd be really annoying.
MichaelGG 11y ago
Amazon's pretty corrupt. Apart from Wikileaks they've also decided to abuse their position and not compete by refusing to sell Apple TV or Chromecasts. Just get a 404. Their service reps deny everything and say it's just a temporary stock issue or that they "lack the contracts to sell such products". Scummy, and I'm very reluctantly cancelling prime over it, and I'm a customer of 13 years.
- junto 11y ago
  Can you explain the background to this story? This is because they only want to sell their solution?
  - MichaelGG 11y ago
    http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/2/9439281/amazon-ban-apple-tv-chromecast-why http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/2/9439281/amazon-ban-apple-t... Their supposed explanation (though several CSRs denied this) is that people want Amazon Prime Video (heh ok), and Chromecast/AppleTV doesn't "support it". Hence they are refusing to sell these devices. In reality it seems far more like a pathetic death throe of the folks running FireTV or a response to the (most likely?) low uptake of the poor Prime Video offering. The thing is they are so entrenched (I spent a lot on Amazon, and Prime is a main reason) they can really shut hurt products by refusing to carry them. Ordering via someone else is a pain. (I used jet.com to buy Chromecasts and they're so, so, far from Amazon.)