Emails reveal Amazon has pushed back on FTC demands for data on all Prime users.
  • @[email protected]
    53•6 months ago

    But the judge apparently did not find Amazon’s denials completely persuasive. Viewing the FTC’s complaint “in the light most favorable to the FTC,” Judge John Chun concluded that “the allegations sufficiently indicate that Amazon had actual or constructive knowledge that its Prime sign-up and cancellation flows were misleading consumers.”

    In his order (PDF link), Chun also denied individual motions to dismiss from Amazon executives Russell Grandinetti, Neil Lindsay, and Jamil Ghani, who oversaw Prime operations.

    Good. I hope they all face charges.

    • @[email protected]
      21•6 months ago

      As the FiveMacs pointed out, this isn’t criminal. The FTC is saying they will personally face fines. Personal liability. As opposed to Amazon’s corporate liability.

      If they are liable the money goes to the government. Not individuals.

    • FiveMacs
      6•6 months ago

      Lol charges…this is just FTC wanting more money. Nothing with change, no one will be punished. Business as usual.

  • @[email protected]English
    4•6 months ago

    I don’t know about being misleading, but I have to say that being constantly nagged to subscribe to Amazon Prime is really annoying.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•6 months ago

        Yeah, I have to say that when I tried them, I was very pleasantly surprised by Walmart’s delivery services. They’re well ahead of Amazon. I don’t know where Amazon is going to go with this drone delivery stuff, and maybe Amazon can pull ahead. But as things stand, Walmart makes good use of their local infrastructure to do deliveries of even stuff like refrigerated food, lets you select a time window for delivery based on demand (price varies) and gives you a one-hour delivery window, which is way better if you want to pick the stuff up without it sitting around for a long time at a doorstep.

        I was particularly happy when I discovered that I could get bottles of soda (heavy, mostly water) delivered inexpensively.

        But what Walmart doesn’t have is the huge inventory. For what Walmart does have, they’re great. But Amazon’s got more stuff.

  • @[email protected]
    3•6 months ago

    Amazon: get 30-day free trial.

    Very quietly Amazon: we bill you $14.99 two weeks into your 30-day free trial ;)