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A single comment from a throwaway account with no evidence but confirms my personal bias that Amazon is evil? I'm fully bought in before I catch myself. The ec

by ctvo 6y ago

A single comment from a throwaway account with no evidence but confirms my personal bias that Amazon is evil? I'm fully bought in before I catch myself. The economic and reputation cost Amazon would take in ever accessing customer data to come up with some competing B-list product (say ElasticSearch as a managed service) is astronomical compared to potential profits. One thing I know about that company... they care about optimizing profit and are long term focused. Please provide evidence for your extraordinary claim.

wolco 6y ago
Whenever anyone asks for evidence I start to wonder why they need the proof. Why did you need this link? Do you have a business relationship with Amazon? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/amazon-scooped-up-data-from-its-own-sellers-to-launch-competing-products-11587650015 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/amazon...
- Aperocky 6y ago
  > Whenever anyone asks for evidence I start to wonder why they need the proof. 1. This article is behind paywall, but thanks for posting. 2. EVERYONE should ask for evidence for any/all unsubstantiated claims, no matter where on the opinion spectrum they sit.
  - tekknik 6y ago
    It also uses AMP, thanks for being part of the problem parent.
  - wolco 6y ago
    I'd like to ask for evidence for statement 2. This sounds more like your opinion than a substantiated claim. 1. Someone needs to pay the people who write stories. If proof is important you should not object to contributing to the people who work on your behalf.
- webdva 6y ago
  > Whenever anyone asks for evidence I start to wonder why they need the proof. Why did you need this link? Do you have a business relationship with Amazon? I had made an oath to myself to not return to Hacker News and engage with the community after I was once temporally banned on Hacker News. But when I saw your stupid comment and recognized its disingenuous manipulation and misinformation, a pushing of an evil and harmful narrative ultimately made for whatever reason you might have, I returned to Hacker News to downvote your comment. Thanks for creating a vulnerability in the world for me to exploit the loophole in my self-imposed oath that allows me to return. I'm back.
  - krapp 6y ago
    You last posted posted here just eleven days ago, so that clearly wasn't a very binding oath. But welcome back I guess.
- namdnay 6y ago
  That's talking about Amazon Retail, not AWS The customer data on Amazon Retail is Amazon's, not the seller's , just like the customer data when you buy shampoo from Walmart is Walmart's, not Procter&Gamble's

by ctvo 6y ago

wolco 6y ago

Whenever anyone asks for evidence I start to wonder why they need the proof. Why did you need this link? Do you have a business relationship with Amazon? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/amazon-scooped-up-data-from-its-own-sellers-to-launch-competing-products-11587650015 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/amazon...

Aperocky 6y ago
> Whenever anyone asks for evidence I start to wonder why they need the proof. 1. This article is behind paywall, but thanks for posting. 2. EVERYONE should ask for evidence for any/all unsubstantiated claims, no matter where on the opinion spectrum they sit.
- tekknik 6y ago
  It also uses AMP, thanks for being part of the problem parent.
- wolco 6y ago
  I'd like to ask for evidence for statement 2. This sounds more like your opinion than a substantiated claim. 1. Someone needs to pay the people who write stories. If proof is important you should not object to contributing to the people who work on your behalf.
webdva 6y ago
> Whenever anyone asks for evidence I start to wonder why they need the proof. Why did you need this link? Do you have a business relationship with Amazon? I had made an oath to myself to not return to Hacker News and engage with the community after I was once temporally banned on Hacker News. But when I saw your stupid comment and recognized its disingenuous manipulation and misinformation, a pushing of an evil and harmful narrative ultimately made for whatever reason you might have, I returned to Hacker News to downvote your comment. Thanks for creating a vulnerability in the world for me to exploit the loophole in my self-imposed oath that allows me to return. I'm back.
- krapp 6y ago
  You last posted posted here just eleven days ago, so that clearly wasn't a very binding oath. But welcome back I guess.
namdnay 6y ago
That's talking about Amazon Retail, not AWS The customer data on Amazon Retail is Amazon's, not the seller's , just like the customer data when you buy shampoo from Walmart is Walmart's, not Procter&Gamble's