[jogundas]

It seems that a court has ordered Amazon to deliver only essential products [0], and Amazon's reaction is to suspend all deliveries.

They write in their other tweets [1] that the decision is based on (i) the fine of €1M per infraction imposed by the court, and (ii) the risk of contravening the decision being high due to complex logistics.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52285301 [1] https://twitter.com/AmazonNewsFR/status/1250481151313154048

[downerending]

Wow. Given the number of items they ship in a day, a million-dollar fine every mistake could turn out to be a lot of money. I'd shut down, too.

EDIT: I read elsewhere that it was a million euros per day, not per infraction. Much more reasonable.

[s1artibartfast]

Interesting that the BBC says the fine is €1M per day while Amazon says it is €1M per infraction. Which is it?

[sylvinus]

From what I understood it's both :)

[bobbylarrybobby]

I thought the court had ordered them to cease delivering non-essentials, but left the decision of whether to continue shipping essentials or to close altogether up to Amazon.