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> The addon program has added items which would have never been on the site previously, so that is a win This isn't correct. I have items in my purchase histor
by teach 13y ago
> The addon program has added items which would have never been on the site previously, so that is a win
This isn't correct. I have items in my purchase history that were not Add-On items and now are. Maybe some new items are here because of add-on, but it's also true that existing items used to be purchasable by themselves and now are only available as add-ons.
- res0nat0r 13y agoThose items would have been deleted from the site without the addon program and not available anymore at all because it is probably no longer viable to ship them standalone, so the addon program is a is a net win.
- mikeash 13y agoHow do you know that?
- res0nat0r 13y agoFrom every add-on items description: "This item is available because of the Add-on program The Add-on program allows Amazon to offer thousands of low-priced items that would be cost-prohibitive to ship on their own." These tiny items wouldn't be stocked at all if they didn't offer them via add-on, somewhere in their literature they've said these items are only stocked because of this program.
- mikeash 13y agoBecause they couldn't possibly be lying?
- res0nat0r 13y agoSigh. I guess that is conspiracy theory default now days for things you are unable to prove.
- mikeash 13y agoIt is not a "conspiracy theory" to think that companies might be putting a positive spin on (i.e. lying about) changes made to increase their bottom line. That's what companies do.