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Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by cubefox »

brightlancer wrote: post #403
soItGoesAgain wrote: post #132

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That sounds like satire, but many of the under-30 crowd might support it: ¨However, Americans under the age of 30 stand out when it comes to 1984‐ style in‐ home government surveillance cameras. 3 in 10 (29 percent) Americans under 30 favor “the government installing surveillance cameras in every household” in order to “reduce domestic violence, abuse, and other illegal activity.” Support declines with age, dropping…

For blacks (of all ages) it's even higher: 33%. For whites it's 9%. So the difference is presumably the greatest between young blacks and old whites, though these numbers aren't given.

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Post by brightlancer »

faangsticle wrote: post #292
davely wrote: post #275

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Oof. That is hilarious and maddening. It’s a disturbing trend on any site we rely on or use for services. There is no recourse, once a decision has been made. Last week, I was banned from Facebook Marketplace because… I don’t actually know. I’m cleaning out an old shed and want to sell a bunch of stuff. So, I logged into Facebook for the first time in 2 years, posted a Shop Vac for sale for $50 USD, and an hour later…

I can't wait for some regulation that forces these megacorps to explain why they decided to ban you.

Folks violate TOS all the time. Sometimes, users have to do it just to use the service. An explanation in these cases is essentially worthless.

You think Amazon is going to let government pass a law that hurts them? Half the time, it's big businesses _writing_ the laws. And when it's not, the big businesses can afford to break the law (i.e. pay lawyers to hold off for a cost-effective settlement) while small businesses get f-d.

Stop buying products and services that can be deactivated at a whim -- or do, if you think it's cost-effective. But government will not save you.

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Post by onetrickwolf »

brightlancer wrote: post #401
onetrickwolf wrote: post #340

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I don't know if Amazon should have the right to terminate anyone's account to be honest. I feel like people are afraid to regulate anything these days but I mean some people's entire lives are dependent on these corporate accounts. You can't just have me build up a livelihood on Amazon or have my whole house running on Amazon smart products and then just terminate the account. If there was more competition or these t…

If Amazon and Google and other Big Companies were prevented from deleting accounts, what else would happen? How would the Big Companies game the system? Would that harm smaller companies (as regulation usually does)? Would we even see the benefits that were promised? Regulation often makes things worse, so we can't just look at the potential benefits without considering the potential (and likely) negative consequence…

I used to agree with you but it's getting out of hand these companies have more control than most states and governments over our communication, privacy, money, and general lives but we don't get to vote in who is running them. I'd rather start shooting and ask questions later before we get consumed by these behemoths. We need another Teddy Roosevelt and another antitrust sweep up in my opinion.

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Post by brightlancer »

bombcar wrote: post #245
mihaaly wrote: post #176

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May I ask for your alternatives? It could be useful for me too.

For the USA I've found that Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and Best Buy together satisfy much of my "need that free shipping on cheaply made shit" desire. You do still have to watch out for marketplace items on some of them. And if it really IS direct-from-China why not go to eBay or Alibaba?

It's easy for me to drive by the big stores, so I usually have them deliver to the store which guarantees no delivery fees and is often faster. YMMV

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Post by plagiarist »

world-set-free wrote: post #394
plagiarist wrote: post #203

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Those bribes are depressingly low amounts. Just fly a SCOTUS out for a fun quarter-million vacation and their next completely original interpretation of the Constitution will be in your favor.

The Navajo lost their water rights this week to a 5:4 supreme court decision over turning a lower court. I wonder who paid for that. How much does it cost to over turn a century old treaty?

It's actually weird that the US government would honor a treaty for that long, that must be a record.

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Post by ddalex »

guerrilla wrote: post #408
ddalex wrote: post #109

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That's why I buy a share of any company I go to, so I'm a share holder, which means I'm working for myself.

Are there people that can outvote you consistently? Then you do not work for yourself.

I always vote with the majority, on principle, so I come up on top everytime

Re: Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]

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Post by gusfoo »

TekMol wrote: post #12

For those who don't watch the video: This is about his affiliate account. It is surprising, that there is so little competition for affiliates these days. Amazon seems to be almost the only game in town. Sure, there are thousands of other affiliate programs. But they pay surprisingly little. Often affiliates earn only like $0.05 per click (on average). While the same company pays $1 per click on other channels like G…

> It is surprising, that there is so little competition for affiliates these days.

Still pretty competitive in the gambling and cryptocurrency space IMO.

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Post by guerrilla »

ddalex wrote: post #416
guerrilla wrote: post #408

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Are there people that can outvote you consistently? Then you do not work for yourself.

I always vote with the majority, on principle, so I come up on top everytime

I asked if they can, regardless of what you or they do. If they can, then you have no power and you do not work for yourself.

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Post by x3874 »

x3874 wrote: post #65
dustypotato wrote: post #61

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Eron Wolf sounds like an Elon Musk parody

...that would be Felon Muskrat then.

Or Enron Musk. :D

Come on introverted, basement-tanned Muskies hiding behind your 500+ karma, gimme your curious and thoughtful downvotes! You are so funny!

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Post by dangus »

There's so much support for Louis out there for being right about a bunch of things. And it is true that he is right about a whole bunch of things.

That said, I can't stand his shtick anymore. Louis getting wronged by corporations is content fuel.

It's also high blood pressure content. It makes you mad at stuff. I've got enough of that in my life, I don't know about you.

(Another example: Not Just Bikes can be like this as well, despite me agreeing with the dude. The tone and script of the videos makes the problem of car dependency, which, again, is a legitimate problem, seem more devastating than it really is)

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