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"If Amazon gets sued and bankrupt, then I'm absolutely fucked." is this really the core issue here?

• mathgladiator 16y ago
  For amazon's business model, yes. Amazon doesn't have a philosophical goal, they are a business with customers. One customer's goal is another customer's nightmare. Amazon has to be a balancing force between everyone's computing needs. This was probably a marketing decision. Do they want the PR challenge of supporting wikileaks? I doubt it. Either way, they are screwed from a PR point of view. They just took the safer option for the business rather than an ideological one (which seems like an ideological one, but it is more business centric).
  • adriaanb 16y ago
    What would happen if they didn't took steps?
    • mathgladiator 16y ago
      Honestly, probably nothing. The ideal step would have been to turn a blind-eye, but when you have lawyers and marketers....