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| Name = Amazon | | Name = Amazon | ||
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* Business Model | * Business Model | ||
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====Business Model==== | |||
Amazon gets a majority of its revenue from seller fees and Amazon prime memberships. In addition, Amazon has a "subscribe and save" option for some products. With this, the page to manage these subscriptions is obfuscated for the user, intentional or not. | |||
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File:Amazon Subscribe and Save Example.jpg|No "subscribe and save" option avaliable | |||
File:Amazon Subscribe and Save Example (1).jpg|The option appears in the "buy again" section. | |||
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==Controversies== | ==Controversies== | ||
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<ref group="Video References">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfcoUdWCB9M</ref> | <ref group="Video References">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfcoUdWCB9M</ref> | ||
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|Amazon sells | |Amazon sells lethal litterboxes | ||
|2024 | |2024 | ||
|Amazon sold litterboxes that were designed in a unsafe way that led to the deaths of multiple cats, and posed a danger to young children. | |Amazon sold litterboxes that were designed in a unsafe way that led to the deaths of multiple cats, and posed a danger to young children. | ||
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAvFmnuZZMI '''Amazon Discontinues Lending Kindle e-Books'''] | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAvFmnuZZMI '''Amazon Discontinues Lending Kindle e-Books'''] | ||
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|Amazon removes option not to send voice recordings from Echo devices | |||
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|In March 2025, Echo customers with the option "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" enabled received an e-mail that local processing will no longer be supported on their device.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-18 |title=TechLinked – Microsoft’s Big Oopsie – Echo voice recordings, Gemini watermarks |url=https://youtu.be/DhXH83O6pXc?t=268 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=YouTube – TechLinked}}</ref> | |||
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|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]] | |||
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==Products==<!-- Considering the sheer amount of products Amazon has, we should consider the table format --> | ==Products==<!-- Considering the sheer amount of products Amazon has, we should consider the table format --> | ||
=== Amazon Kindle (2007 – Present) === | ===Amazon Kindle (2007 – Present)=== | ||
Amazon has progressively removed options for products purchased through the Kindle, effectively changing the meaning of purchases and ownership. It first removed the ability of users to lend e-books to one another, and later removed the ability to download purchased e-books to a computer. | Amazon has progressively removed options for products purchased through the Kindle, effectively changing the meaning of purchases and ownership. It first removed the ability of users to lend e-books to one another, and later removed the ability to download purchased e-books to a computer. | ||
=== Amazon PhotosPlus (2023–2024) === | ===Amazon PhotosPlus (2023–2024)=== | ||
Amazon sold physical devices that could displaying photos stored in its Amazon Photos cloud storage through its PhotosPlus service. Less than one year later, it cancelled the service, which [[Retroactively amended purchase|changed the functionality]] of the devices, including showing advertisements every few hours. | Amazon sold physical devices that could displaying photos stored in its Amazon Photos cloud storage through its PhotosPlus service. Less than one year later, it cancelled the service, which [[Retroactively amended purchase|changed the functionality]] of the devices, including showing advertisements every few hours. | ||
=== Amazon Prime (2005 – Present) === | ===Amazon Prime (2005 – Present)=== | ||
Amazon uses [[dark patterns]] for its subscription services, including tricking users into subscribing and making it very complicated to cancel. | Amazon uses [[dark patterns]] for its subscription services, including tricking users into subscribing and making it very complicated to cancel. | ||
=== Amazon Echo (2014 | ===Amazon Echo (2014 – Present)=== | ||
== | ===Amazon Alexa (2013 – Present)=== | ||
==All Louis Rossmann videos covering Amazon== | ===All Louis Rossmann videos covering Amazon===<!-- These references should be updated to either: A. Use the title of the video B. Summarize the video --> | ||
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