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Maybe I don't understand the affiliate program, but throughout the video I keep thinking this is an accusation against accusation.
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How much of a nuisance it really is if an American got cancelled by Amazon+Google? Assuming any attempt to create an alt account will be thwarted by the process (name won't match credit cards or bank accounts, etc.), I can imagine a dystopian future ~20 years from now where such people will become absolute pariahs in the society. Especially if the current trend of smaller tech companies cow towing the lines of establ…
Feels more and more like we live in a cyberpunk dystopia, just without all the cool gadgets.
Summary: The YouTuber had his Amazon affiliate account canceled after 7 years without warning or evidence of wrongdoing. The reason given was that purchases made through his links were for personal use or made by friends and family, which he denies. He finds the timing suspicious as it came a week after he made a video criticizing Amazon for canceling a customer's account for a racist doorbell claim. He argues that t…
I believe we need to pass down new consumer laws to protect the people. We pretty much rely on their services and they have no accountability.
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Amazon is one of the largest tech companies in the world.
Amazon's hostile relationship to their users and abuse of their monopoly position are important, frequent topics of conversation (especially on HN). That such an abusive action happened to someone like Rossmann means it can happen to anyone.
Summarizing what happened "eceleb drama" is not just inaccurate, but totally bad faith.
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Louis Rossmann is a well-known figure in the maker/hacker spaces. He has been making top-notch instructional videos for a long time. Amazon is one of the largest tech companies in the world. Amazon's hostile relationship to their users and abuse of their monopoly position are important, frequent topics of conversation (especially on HN). That such an abusive action happened to someone like Rossmann means it can happe…
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Aren't we (almost) all working for billionaires ?
No. Even if you work for a Fortune 500 company (which 80% of the workforce doesn't), your CEO likely isn't a billionaire unless they also founded the company. The vast majority of these companies aren't lead by the only 770 billionaires in the US. Even making 15 million a year (typical Fortune 500 CEO total compensation), it would take a long time to hit a billion.
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I haven't watched the video and was very happy to have a summary. What makes you question it was written by an AI?
and also, if the summary was good, why would it matter whether it was written by an AI or not?
Summary: The YouTuber had his Amazon affiliate account canceled after 7 years without warning or evidence of wrongdoing. The reason given was that purchases made through his links were for personal use or made by friends and family, which he denies. He finds the timing suspicious as it came a week after he made a video criticizing Amazon for canceling a customer's account for a racist doorbell claim. He argues that t…
Why is this even a problem? A purchase is a purchase.
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Written by AI?
I haven't watched the video and was very happy to have a summary. What makes you question it was written by an AI?