| This is a very bad move for Amazon on all levels, i'm pretty sure this will be cancelled and some heads will fly. I mean : - They piss their customers - They piss their merchants, probably killing some businesses along the way - They instill fear in their potential merchants. I was vaguely thinking about selling stuff on amazon mind you, and worried a bit about being locked in. Well, those fears are much more real now. - They piss google and apple, obviously. They're competitors of course but it's a bit of a harsh move, in fact it looks like a war declaration. - They have a very special place as the biggest merchant on the internet, people watch them and some fear for good reason what they could become (like the only e commerce platform on the internet), and what it could mean in term of market manipulation opportunities. Well they just gave those guys lots of cookies. - They lose sales, obviously All that for what ? Well that's ... not clear. |