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Not a law enforcement problem at all, unless there's some kind of fraud going on. Nobody has a right to an Amazon account. That's totally up to Amazon to manage
by ams6110 9y ago
Not a law enforcement problem at all, unless there's some kind of fraud going on. Nobody has a right to an Amazon account. That's totally up to Amazon to manage how they want to.
- loceng 9y agoPerhaps not currently a law enforcement problem - the police are to serve and protect society. We don't let private companies do whatever they want, and this may evolve into a situation - especially if using AI is incentivized by cost benefit - where police can be further utilized.
- damon_c 9y agoMaybe the structure of it will be that we have a right to our data and Amazon is obligated to provide access to it unless a reason is provided.
- risotto_groupon 9y agoIts all fun and games until someone dies in an elevator... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAz_UvnUeuU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAz_UvnUeuU
- waisbrot 9y agoFor now, yes. Historically, corporations become more and more abusive until there's a public backlash that gets them regulated. Something like "there must be some clearly-defined way to get a response from a human" seems like plausible legislation.
- refurb 9y agoWhy do you need a law like that when the person can vote with their wallet?
- sli 9y agoIn a smaller town, "voting with your wallet" is just choosing between Wal-Mart and Amazon. Wal-Mart for many is just a bad, but for different reasons (well, not that different). Either way, you're only getting a choice between the two big companies that are killing smaller retailers. Eventually, politicians that like to (pretend to) champion small business (but then write law helping giant corporations at the detriment of small business) will have to put their money where their mouth is.
- refurb 9y agoWhat if you're in a small town and the only grocery store shuts down because it's not profitable. Should the gov't force them to stay open?
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- HarryHirsch 9y agoNobody has a right to an Amazon account. Well, yes. But when Amazon are realistically the only place to sell ebooks you have to balance the right of Amazon to deny an account to whomever they want with the right of an individual to sell ebooks. With the supermonopolies of Amazon, Google, Facebook and Twitter these battles will be fought in the courts sooner or later.
- magduf 9y agoMaybe, but what if it's your bank account? Locking you out of your funds can effectively mean the end of your life in short order.
- ensignavenger 9y agoThere are strict regulations regarding bank accounts.
- vkou 9y agoPerhaps there should be strict regulations about merchant accounts. This isn't some tiny startup selling beanie babies here. This is the opaque policy of a multi-billion international, that is suffocating small business.
- ensignavenger 9y agoIf by Merchant Account you are referring to the financial account that holds funds owed to merchants, I agree. There are regulations that cover this, but they arn't as strict as those regulating consumer banking. I'm not quite sure what a reinforced regulatory framework for this space would look like, though- the devil is always in the details.
- TheOtherHobbes 9y agoMonopolies need oversight. When there's no significant market oversight - as there isn't with a monopoly, by definition - governments need to step in to force reasonable behaviour.
- akgerber 9y agoNo one has a right to credit, but we have strong regulations around credit scores because they determine so much about our lives.
- yndoendo 9y agoActually any company provides accounts should have a time-frame where reason of closure or disablement should be given to the account holder. That is where the laws need to change.