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the set of folks with a legal obligation to give you good answers to questions is very small and doesn't include amazon. > misdirects me in order to make more
by sigstoat 7y ago
the set of folks with a legal obligation to give you good answers to questions is very small and doesn't include amazon.
> misdirects me in order to make more money from me
literally the entire sales profession.
if you want everyone around you to be under some moral obligation to tell you the absolute truth at all times, you've got a larger cultural battle to fight.
- EliRivers 7y agoI'm not compelled to like something just because it's not illegal.
- reading-at-work 7y agoNo one is saying you should be compelled to like it, they're saying that the fuss over it is moot because it's not as big a deal as it's made out to be.
- okasaki 7y ago> the set of folks with a legal obligation to give you good answers to questions is very small and doesn't include amazon. Poster didn't say anything about legal obligation.
- reading-at-work 7y agoThe linked article heavily implies that legal action could be taken against Amazon for this, by bringing up other antitrust investigations that are happening. Hence the debate about legality.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoAlexa pretends to be a data service. Sold that way. Nowhere said "Oh, we lie about best deals, and shim in our own stuff". If I pay for a data service, and its slanted, I want my money back. Maybe not rises to the level of fraud, but certainly flawed.