[Scown]

But the initial intent still has to be there. If I sell shampoo noone's gonna see my shampoo PPC ad just because they email a friend to say they've got dry hair. They have to search for a shampoo-related keyword I'm targeting.

[scarface74]

And then once I buy shampoo,Amazon can make a deal with the Shampoo manufacturer to send a branded Amazon Dash button for repeat purchases.

If they have an Alexa device, Amazon can get shampoo manufacturers to pay to be the default choice when someone says “Alexa, order more shampoo.”

[TheForumTroll]

Not everyone wants to sell their soul. I'd pay extra to not get any of that.

[scarface74]

In the aggregate, random posters on HN don’t matter. Enough of the world doesn’t feel that way to make Amazon a very successful company...