misk@piefed.social to

Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months ago

Amazon to pay $2.5B in US regulator settlement over ‘deceptive’ Prime tactics

5

51

Amazon to pay $2.5B in US regulator settlement over ‘deceptive’ Prime tactics

misk@piefed.social to

Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months ago

5

Amazon to pay $2.5B in FTC settlement over 'deceptive' Prime tactics | TechCrunch

The company will be required to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and provide $1.5 billion in refunds back to an estimated 35 million consumers harmed by the company's "deceptive Prime enrollment practices," the FTC says.

Chat

CubitOom
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
8
arrow-down
1·
2 months ago
Right, but I don’t have the details of Amazon’s operating cost. This is why I specifically used the word revenue.
- sidebro@lemmy.zip
  link
  fedilink
  English
  arrow-up
  3·
  2 months ago
  It’s a piss in the ocean regardless

Technology@lemmy.zip

technology@lemmy.zip

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@lemmy.zip

Which posts fit here?

Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.

Post guidelines

[Opinion] prefix

Opinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.

Rules

1. English only

Title and associated content has to be in English.

2. Use original link

Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.

3. Respectful communication

All communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.

4. Inclusivity

Everyone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

5. Ad hominem attacks

Any kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can’t argue your position without attacking a person’s character, you already lost the argument.

6. Off-topic tangents

Stay on topic. Keep it relevant.

7. Instance rules may apply

If something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.

Companion communities

!globalnews@lemmy.zip
!interestingshare@lemmy.zip

Icon attribution | Banner attribution

If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @brikox@lemmy.zip.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

547 users / day
2.33K users / week
3.75K users / month
9.48K users / 6 months
45 local subscribers
4.75K subscribers
5.54K Posts
22.9K Comments
Modlog

mods:
BrikoX@lemmy.zip