> “Tactics like this are bad for business and customers,”
Because Amazon's tactics aren't bad for business or consumers?
Wal-Mart is telling some vendors they can’t run applications on AWS
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#12Wal-mart, with a large IT cost center, benefits from a diverse and competitive cloud infrastructure ecosystem. More at 11.
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#13eBay owning Paypal.
Paypal owning lots and lots of revenue data of eBay competitors.
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#14> “Tactics like this are bad for business and customers,” Because Amazon's tactics aren't bad for business or consumers?
Great source of reviews, incredible convenience, massive selection of goods, huge value for membership (Amazon Instant Video included), free 2-day delivery, reasonable pricing, consumer-friendly customer service, yes, it's a nightmare?
This is one of those things where you are going to have to explain to consumers why they should be outraged in order for them to realize how awful it is. By most measures, Amazon is one of the best companies for consumers to buy from.
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#15I wonder if this is restraint of trade and illegal. It's as if they are telling retailers they can't sell to Walmart and Target.
This seems more like “work you do for us can't be subcontracted to .”
This is generally legal.
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#16> “Tactics like this are bad for business and customers,” Because Amazon's tactics aren't bad for business or consumers?
Tu quoque, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque
I'm not sure this quippy needs a reply ... but seriously, you should respond with more then a pure logical fallacy.
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#17Is this because they actively want to discourage any revenue going Amazon's way from Wal-Mart related business activities, or because they don't trust Amazon not to look at the data hosted on their platform?
If the latter, then I think that's just extreme paranoia. If there was ANY evidence of Amazon doing that it would destroy everyones trust in AWS and I suspect people wouldn't be able to move away fast enough (Which actually long term would be good for Wal-Mart).
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#18This is stupid! Walmart is loosing it. Generally happens when you are getting ready to lose, you start becoming erratic. Everybody forgets how WalMart single handedly destroyed the mom and pop shops of America putting them out of jobs.
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#19> “Tactics like this are bad for business and customers,” Because Amazon's tactics aren't bad for business or consumers?
Great source of reviews, incredible convenience, massive selection of goods, huge value for membership (Amazon Instant Video included), free 2-day delivery, reasonable pricing, consumer-friendly customer service, yes, it's a nightmare? This is one of those things where you are going to have to explain to consumers why they should be outraged in order for them to realize how awful it is. By most measures, Amazon is on…
> huge value for membership (Amazon Instant Video included)
Forcing customers to support their unwanted video service by bundling it with the next-day shipping service was a completely transparent move, and every Amazon customer I know a) saw straight through it, b) doesn't use it and c) would like to stop paying for it.
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#20Is this because they actively want to discourage any revenue going Amazon's way from Wal-Mart related business activities, or because they don't trust Amazon not to look at the data hosted on their platform? If the latter, then I think that's just extreme paranoia. If there was ANY evidence of Amazon doing that it would destroy everyones trust in AWS and I suspect people wouldn't be able to move away fast enough (Whi…
By the same token, if I were in Amazon's position, if I were to use the data, I'd make sure nobody knew about it. However, I'd then be in the unenviable position of the Enigma codebreakers, attempting to use information without the enemy knowing I had it.