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automattable, (edited ) to historyporn in Michael Dukakis tanks his presidential campaign, 1988

Was the payout actually from campaign funds? I thought the problem was that it wasnt and that the money needed to be reported as a campaign contribution because keeping it quiet was obviously for the benefit of the campaign.

automattable, to piracy in Prime is adding ads to their streaming service

Sorry for ranting towards you, and for any I’ll feelings I bestowed upon you.

Not at all! I’ve enjoyed the conversation!

automattable, to piracy in Prime is adding ads to their streaming service

I couldn’t find anywhere within an hour’s commute of me that sold what I needed at reasonable prices.

automattable, to piracy in Prime is adding ads to their streaming service

Home Depot prices were 5x the online retailers for the cat6 cabling. (Not an exaggeration. They wanted over $100 for 250ft vs the ~$35 I paid online.)

Also, fuck Bernie Marcus, trumpist shithead. He doesn’t need my money.

automattable, to piracy in Prime is adding ads to their streaming service

This is also a fair point, but it only takes a handful of one-day deliveries to “cover” the cost of prime with what most places are charging for fast shipping. And then that’s not including the many products I’ve never found a decent alternative seller for.

automattable, to piracy in Prime is adding ads to their streaming service

I mean fine; you’re right. I could have sat on my thumbs for 5 days with no WiFi in my living room while I waited for someone else to send what I needed, but why should I have to? Is it completely impossible for a company to provide that convenience without also being a bag of dicks? (Or is that what you meant by regulation?)

automattable, to piracy in Prime is adding ads to their streaming service

For me it’s the fast shipping I can’t live without.

I recently moved into a new apartment and needed to run a network cord from our router to the other side of the apartment to put an access point so we’d have good WiFi coverage. I went online to several other retailers for the few things I needed (cat6, crimp tool, and a few other things), but all of them wanted me to pay ~$25 or more for their slowest shipping option of 5-7 business days.

Meanwhile, Amazon had everything at my door the next day with free shipping. I tried to avoid Bezos, but I couldn’t. :(

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