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Another example of the enshitification of Amazon: a 1TB SSD is advertised for $49. It is actually $163, and if you’re not vigilant, you end up getting something else.
#enshitification #amazon #fraud
A screenshot of a Dato 1TB SSD advertised on Amazon for $49.
A screenshot of a Dato 1TB SSD that advertised on Amazon for $49 is actually a 512GB SSD.
A screenshot of a Dato 1TB SSD that is advertised on Amazon for $49 is actually $163.
#amazon #enshitification #fraud

Jeff Bezos threats to buy Conde Nast should absolutely be taken seriously.

It would give him control over a number of media outlets that are strong voices in opposition of fascism (like Wired and Teen Vogue)

Under the oligarchs control they would be forced to become right wing propaganda.

Now more than ever we must support independent journalists… many of whom are speaking truth to power despite the personal risk.

If you can boycott Amazon, please do it. Send a strong message with your wallet that you don’t support fascism or the billionaire class.

If you can’t boycott, please don’t feel guilty. Many disabled people and those in poverty may be reliant on Amazon for supplies they can’t get elsewhere.

Trust that your community is boycotting on your behalf.

We’ve got you, and you need to take care of yourself in order to survive.

No guilt. We all resist in whatever way we can.

#uspol #bezos #amazon #fascism #authoritarianism

#uspol #authoritarianism #amazon #fascism #bezos

We're very fortunate that all Czech e-books are sold DRM-free. You can read them on any device without any hassle.

Unfortunately, as an owner of an old #Kindle I'm pretty much forced to buy English books on #Amazon. At least #Calibre / #DeDRM doesn't let me down and I can still read them on any device.

I promise I only use the books to train my LLM. And, unlike Meta, I actually purchased them.

#ebook #ebooks #DRM

#DRM #calibre #eBooks #eBook #amazon #kindle #dedrm

#News #amazon #taxes #donaldtrump #jeffbezos #tariffs #hiddenfees #costs #fees

#amazon #unplugtrump

Amazon is going to be disabling the privacy feature that processes voice commands locally on Echo devices at the end of this month. Instead, all voice commands will be sent to Amazon's cloud for processing.

I have already followed my own steps to remediate this:

1. Unplug Echo Device
2. Throw Echo Device in Trash
3. Done

#amazon #echo #privacy

Dear Echo Customer, We are reaching out to let you know that the Alexa feature 'Do Not Send Voice Recordings' that you enabled on your supported Echo device(s) will no longer be available beginning March 28th, 2025. This feature allowed compatible Echo devices to process the audio of Alexa requests locally on device. As we continue to expand Alexa’s capabilities with generative AI features that rely on the processing power of Amazon’s secure cloud, we have decided to no longer support this feature. If you do not take action, your Alexa Settings will automatically be updated to ‘Don’t save recordings.’ This means that, starting on March 28th, your voice recordings will be sent to and processed in the cloud, and they will be deleted after Alexa processes your requests. Any previously saved voice recordings will also be deleted. If your voice recordings setting is updated to ‘Don’t save recordings,’ voice ID will not work and you will not be able to create a voice ID for individual users to access more personalized features. If you do not want to set your voice recordings setting to ‘Don’t save recordings,’ please follow these steps before March 28th: 1. Open the Alexa App on your Mobile Phone 2. Go to Settings > Device Settings and select the device where this feature is enabled 3. Select 'Do Not Send Voice Recordings' from the menu 4. Disable the setting
#privacy #amazon #echo

klick drauf und lande bei #Amazon :blobcatbandage:
#amazon

FYI for the resistance. #Resist #Amazon #Coup
Edit: I personally do not use Amazon, but thought other people might be interested in sharing this with family and friends. I got a lot of judgey replies here like oh if you were really on our side you wouldn't be using Amazon in the first place. Yes, cancelling Prime would be ideal and I mention that to my friends who still use it, but I try not to be a jerk. If you are trying to persuade people to your side--don't be a jerk.
Amazon purchasing blackout March 7-14
#amazon #resist #coup

Just bulk fetched all my Kindle books using github.com/treetrum/amazon-kin… and dumped them into Calibre. Screw you, #amazon

GitHub - treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloader: Designed for downloading your Kindle eBooks in a more automated fashion than is typically permitted, this tool allows you to create backup copies of the books you've already purchased.

Designed for downloading your Kindle eBooks in a more automated fashion than is typically permitted, this tool allows you to create backup copies of the books you've already purchased. - treetr...
GitHub
#amazon

More "enshittification". This time from Amazon. Amazon is pulling a Google, killing off popular services. Evidently, I have until 25th February to download my 708 books that I have purchased from them. After the 25th you can no longer download YOUR books for backup or transfer via USB

Good job I did this 2 years ago eh? Buy the books from elsewhere.

goodereader.com/blog/kindle/am…

#enshittification #amazon #books #bookstodon


Amazon Is Not To Be Trusted Anymore With Their Kindle E-reader - Good E-Reader

Amazon has a long and storied history of discontinuing services that people use. Last October, the company announced that in February 2025, they were
Michael Kozlowski (Good e-Reader)
#books #bookstodon #amazon #enshittification

#amazon

#amazon

Mai come in questi giorni è importante dare un segnale forte contro meta e amazon

Abbandonare i loro social ora e subito e non contribuire mai più alla valanga di disinformazione e odio che gira nelle loro piattaforme. Le alternative del #fediverso non mancano, non sono perfette ma migliorano ogni anno, consigliamo:

#META

facebook - poliverso.org

Instagram - pixelfed.uno

#AMAZON

GoodReads - bookwyrm.it

Twitch - nostream.mastodon.uno

@fediverso


BookWyrm.it

Letture e recensioni italiane nel fediverso
bookwyrm.it
#meta #amazon #fediverso @Fediverso - social federati indipendenti

#bigtech #amazon

Los Centros Especiales de Empleo, al tener convenio propio como CEE, legalizan en nombre de la #inclusión peores condiciones frente a compas del sector:
Trabajadores con #discapacidad del centro de #Amazon en El Prat de Llobregat se rebelan contra la sobrecarga de trabajo. El 40% están de baja por las duras condiciones laborales. La Inspección de Trabajo ha abierto procedimiento sancionador contra #Ilunion (perteneciente a la #ONCE) lee.eldiario.es/euq
#derechoslaborales
#explotacionlaboral

Trabajadores con discapacidad en Amazon se rebelan contra la sobrecarga de trabajo: "Andamos 20 km al día"

El sindicato CCOO denuncia que un 40% de los empleados de Ilunion dentro de la planta de El Prat, la mayor de la compañía en España, están de baja por las duras condiciones laborales
Pau Rodríguez (ElDiario.es)
#inclusion #amazon #discapacidad #ilunion #once #derechoslaborales #explotacionlaboral

#poetry #literature #amazon

#Amazon has started creating auto-generated #AI reviews. The review for my @scarfolk book says that it's "full of fun, fascinating articles for children".

Would that be the book that I designed around cult brainwashing techniques and contains images of dead & disfigured kids?

#scarfolk

Customers say Customers find the humor hilarious, with great bits of political satire. They describe the design as fantastic and beautiful. Readers describe the tone as dark, bleak, unsettling, and grimly funny. They mention the pacing is unsettling and worrying. Customers also mention the book is full of fun activities and fascinating articles for children. AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
#AI #amazon #scarfolk @Scarfolk

#google #microsoft #meta #bigtech #amazon #cmg #cmgpitch #activelistening

Added a "2 month update" section to my blog post about #Amazon bricking my kindle and reading at least 26 books on the Kindle Paperwhite I bought to replace it.

tl;dr: I regret buying a paperwhite instead of the Kobo Libra Color.

weblog.masukomi.org/2024/07/18…

#amazon

#amazon

Produktdatenblätter werden auf #amazon werden wohl von einer #KI ausgefüllt oder von Affen mit Wurfpfeilen generiert. Ein Monitor soll "handbetrieben" sein und einen Akku haben, der 2 g wiegt, aber 2 kWh Kapazität hat.
Ein Produktdatenblatt eines Monitors mit sehr dämlichen Einträgen: Antriebsart: handbetrieben. Li-Ion-Akku Kapazität 2 kWh bei 2 g Gewicht.
#amazon #ki

#nvidia #nvda #amazon #alphabet #ycombinator #advanced_micro_devices #nvidia_stock #nvidia_market_cap

#nvidia #nvda #amazon #alphabet #ycombinator #advanced_micro_devices #nvidia_stock #nvidia_market_cap

The American Dialect Society has announced that its 2023 Word of the Year is "Entshittification". 💩

The decline in quality of service and content from #google and #amazon is plain to see, but this doesn't need to be the future of the internet. 🤖

You can help make the web a better place by choosing free and open source alternatives to #BigTech! ✊
👉 tuta.com/open-source

The American Dialect Society has announced their 2023 Word of the Year!

Open Source - Why is it important?

Open source is key to doing security right. Only with open source, you can be sure that the software you use does what it says it does.
Tutanota
#google #bigtech #amazon

✅ Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom?
✅ Obviously shabby infosec?
✅ Training AI as an excuse for data retention?

🕵🏽 No surprise here: "#Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare #IoT #security fail you can imagine" #privacy

theregister.com/2023/06/01/ftc…


Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine

Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom? Tick! Obviously shabby infosec? Tick! Training AI as an excuse for data retention? Tick!
Simon Sharwood (The Register)
#privacy #security #iot #amazon

When GOP Attorneys General Embraced Jan. 6, Corporate Funders Fled.
Now They’re Back.
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Even as the Republican Attorneys General Association has leaned further into promoting Trumpism and sowing doubt about U.S. elections, major sponsors including #Amazon, #Walmart and #HomeDepot have resumed their contributions to the group.

#GOP #Elections #RAGA #AttorneysGeneral #Visa #CapitalOne #MasterCard #Intuit #Walgreens #GM #Altria #Comcast

propublica.org/article/raga-go…


Amazon, Walmart Giving to Republican AGs Group Again

Even as the Republican Attorneys General Association has leaned further into promoting Trumpism and sowing doubt about U.S. elections, major sponsors including Amazon, Walmart and Home Depot have resumed their contributions to the group.
ProPublica
#elections #mastercard #amazon #GOP #walmart #homedepot #raga #attorneysgeneral #visa #capitalone #intuit #walgreens #gm #altria #comcast

While #Google #Meta #Microsoft #Twitter & #Amazon are laying off tens of thousands of people to satisfy shareholders, #Tutanota continues to grow.

Welcome with us Wren, Johannes & Noah! 🥳

Join us if you are a developer wanting to fight for #privacy!

tutanota.com/blog/posts/team-2…


Tutanota keeps growing: Welcome Noah, Johannes and Wren with us!

New year, new team members! With the start of 2023 we continue the growth of the Tutanota team: Welcome with us Wren, Johannes and Noah. All of these talented software developers are already working on improving our encrypted email client.
Tutanota
#google #privacy #microsoft #twitter #meta #tutanota #amazon

#DRM #eBooks #amazon #kindle #kindleforpc

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