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Originally Posted by Sonist
You seem to have a particularly bleak view of the ethics of most businesses. If you really hold such views, you must be a fan either of much increased government regulation, or outright public ownership of all businesses.
At least in my experience, many businesses do play by certain ethical rules, and do not engage on deceptive practices. Most of us had assumed that Amazon is not a Brooklyn-based, fly-by-night outfit.
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Wow! I'm actually 180 degrees out from what you assume. I don't think Amazon is acting unethically at all. They are operating as a business and I hope the government keeps their nose out of such dealings. All I'm saying is that you must put yourself in the shoes of the Amazon staff. The shareholders demand increasing profits, even if the economy is down. So they can proactively manage the media assets they own and control (including ALL facets of their website) or they can answer to sthe shareholders who will no doubt fire them if they don't. That is business. They own it, they'd better control to make sure they obtain EVERY advantage from it since Amazon is paying for the server space and personnel that maintain it. If it doesn't lead to profits, cut it off...no customer comments.
So I don't think they are being deceptive or unethical, I think they're being business managers.