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Holy shit this makes the blood boil. Directing people away from an independent retailer to Walmart?
by darepublic 5y ago
Holy shit this makes the blood boil. Directing people away from an independent retailer to Walmart?
- worik 5y agoSurprised, though?
- illnewsthat 5y agoWould you have had a different reaction if the author was on Walmart and Edge surfaced a link to a cheaper product at an independent retailer?
- darepublic 5y agoYes I think that is relevant. Mostly though it isn't about the specific recommendation, my beef is with the repurposing of what were formerly tools meant to be wielded by human intent into a conduit for big corp to implement its own schemes while ostensibly serving the user.
- senectus1 5y agoAll most users care about is whats cheapest for them. Its kinda why Walmart exists like it does at the moment.
- vitorgrs 5y agoDirecting to someone who has a lower price.
- darepublic 5y agoI don't for a moment trust Microsoft not to serve its own interest in its recommendations. Maybe its lowest price but only from a pool of approved vendors? Oh you have a lower price? But we don't know who you are, not safe to recommend you. etc etc.