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I would say this is a little too pessimistic. Legislation in the EU and California have both forced tech companies hands, it's why we can download all our data and delete all our data (supposedly, doubtful in reality) on the large tech platforms. The issue I see is getting legislation that attaches itself to a standard controlled by the W3C. You are right that it won't be something done by the US federal government though.

Why not just reply "Oh we have milk!". Why is deleting messages the best course of action when you can just communicate that you were misinformed?

Agreed, and you know they have a record of these deleted texts internally for their own reasons.

Drinking just lowers inhibition so you say what is on your mind. While the results of such might not be desirable, it is what you thought in that moment.

I still drinking and I don't like this feature, ya said what ya said. Also anyone who cares keeps records.

Tragic, the line didn't just go up because one investment was really good.

Nothing, amazon is a leech. Don't use amazon.

I'm just replying to the "quality and cost" part of your post, which are inherently paired. Yes some products just don't exist being made in the US, but if the store has a product that costs twice as much made domestically sitting next to a foreign product of the same or close enough quality, the price alone will dictate which they choose. This is often why domestically made versions of products aren't available without a special order (which is even more expensive) and where tariffs are supposed to be used.

Hard to match cost when labor rights such as minimum wage exist, maybe Trump and Elon will get rid of those too though.

Agreed. You watch one video and the entire homepage changes.

I completely agree that it needs to be amazon-wide. But the reality is it's a lot easier to close down some nameless warehouse in the area when you can still deliver to your customers out of another nameless warehouse. It's a lot harder to shut down a store that customers expect to exist and remain where it is. I do think we think alike in the fact that unionization can stem from their customer facing properties into their "business" properties that are hidden from the public.

Hopefully they don't just shutter the store and open a new one a town over. Maybe whole foods is the entry point for unions into other amazon subsidiaries.