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0 pointsgruez4y ago0 comments

> Well, it's not a roadblock but it's a dark-pattern and user hostile. Just like the lack of spending limits on AWS.

Yeah I explicitly say it wasn't pro user. I was more disputing the "Jeff Bezos did not become a billionaire" (presumably by making it hard to cancel prime) part.

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toomanydoubts4y ago

Well, I didn't really mean to say that what made him a billionaire was making it hard to cancel amazon prime, that was just an example I came up with that demonstrates Amazon general stance on user-friendliness.

Still, I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to dispute. If we agree with both premises(1. Bezos is a billionaire and 2. Amazon products aren't usually user-friendly), than I maintain my position that the expression "Jeff Bezos did not become a billionaire by being user-friendly" evaluates to true.

gruezOP4y ago

fair enough.

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