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[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 53 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My apologies.

Better to say I wish they faced charges.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago
[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] tal 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] tritonium@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Have had prime for the last 8 years but it's too much now. And the constant nagging to get me back on it is annoying enough that I don't even want to shop there any longer. Not that it's much better of a company but I've switched to ordering shit on Walmart, their online store has mostly the same exact shit that Amazon has on it. If you live close enough to one then you get same day delivery on certain things too with thier Walmart Plus which is their version of prime.

[–] tal 1 points 5 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.

[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Amazon: get 30-day free trial.

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