He should consider lucky amazon cancelled his account for him, most people seem to struggle cancelling their amazon accounts.
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Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]
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Well, there are often scare-articles running about the "social credit system" in China, and I think that many corporate leaders are watching China very closely in order to establish the same systems in the West. I think that likewise, consumers should pay attention to how this takes shape in China, because we'll be next on the list for implementation and deployment.
> I think that likewise, consumers should pay attention to how this takes shape in China, because we'll be next on the list for implementation and deployment. What information source(s) do you recommend for having a pulse on this?
I loosely follow laowhy86, he is interesting and follows what is going on there very closely: https://twitter.com/laowhy86
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Yep. I got a counterfeit product, reviewed it with photos showing it alongside the authentic version and the very obvious differences (like lack of branding). Rejected as "the information we have indicates that the product you received was authentic." This along with receiving so many low quality products that have glowing 4-5 star reviews has destroyed a lot of my trust in Amazon. I now order direct from manufacture…
Someone who works in the supply chain made a revealing comment on Reddit that has tainted my trust in Amazon. When you go to a listing (SKU) on Amazon, it shows you a bunch of "sellers" with various prices. These sellers usually fulfill with Amazon (hence, Prime shipping). Each seller sends its merchandise to Amazon's warehouse for fulfillment (shipping to you). Amazon commingles the inventory; all of that SKU goes i…
Holy ** - this explains a lot of the counterfeits I've received over the years.
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#375Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]
#376Another reason we need a better alternative to AWS: they will go as far as to shutdown your AWS infrastructure if you are somehow labeled as a racist or a racist sympathizer by their system.
Source?
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The power of any of these large platforms (and how they apply their "policies") is bewildering. I once listed some GPUs for sale on Amazon. Out of nowhere, without warning, they closed every account I had across Amazon platforms (including AWS). That was fun. Many people have reported the same thing with Google. Just this week a woman tweeted about a Lyft ride that went sideways. Of course some skepticism is warrante…
Your friend probably made the driver feel unsafe; drivers are quite vulnerable to physical violence. Hard to defend yourself from attacks from behind you, driving or not.
I understand. Another reason I haven't pursued this (not like it would matter - I don't have millions of social media followers).
The additional context here is she was yelling at me more than the driver and this was in a small Midwestern town where crime (and especially violent crime) is nearly non-existent. Unlike some of the incidents you hear about where there is physical violence there is a near-zero chance the driver had ever experienced any. To this day I am convinced a little yelling is more-or-less (unfortunately) par for the course of a day in the life of a ride share driver or really anyone in the service industry that interacts with the public.
My perspective is that (again, unfortunately) people in these roles get yelled at on a daily basis (talk to anyone in service). If everyone who ever got yelled at (service industry or otherwise) described it as "violence" these industries would grind to a halt.
My general sense (from my perspective, of course) is the drastic exaggeration and characterization on the part of the driver was more vindictive than a genuine concern for their safety.
My version of events at least. Like the situation I linked to (Twitter thread) absent video (which should be mandatory and provided by the ride sharing platform) these situations are yet another they said/they said and wildly subjective.
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You're the best person in this thread. Of course you have to clarify that you mean white racists, because you'd be the most racist person in this thread if you meant the 33% of blacks who want miscegenation to be banned again: https://i.redd.it/fwgz4oyty85b1.png I guess we should burn your house down just in case.
Interesting. Is there equivalent data on the question "should two people of different races be allowed to marry?". Seems more relevant than the question asked, which is arguably about states rights.
I think we've had our fill of "states rights".
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> The company won't be financially affected either way. Until the FTC or his Representative start to cost them real money.
If anything I'd expect the federal government to give them a pat on the head.
Even if it was clearly against the law, the most they'd probably get is a letter in the mail from the government that says "Pretty please, with sugar on top, could you write us a letter telling us at least that you will try to break the law less?" The US treats lawbreaking megacorps with kid gloves.
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#380Summary: 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…
> He believes Amazon is becoming less accountable as it grows in power and treats customers worse. He's right. I have recent first-hand experience of them deleting reviews of counterfeit products. The emails say: "We investigated your concerns about product authenticity, and the information we have indicates that the product you received was authentic." I've tried posting a review a further 4 times, each time only me…
It's amazing that if you had a site where 3rd parties uploaded copyright materials for download you would be held responsible.
But Amazon can freely and in great measure host counterfeit trade mark infringing goods for sale and profit from it.