Re:“Just walk out” technology by Amazon
by vikramkr on Monday March 09, 2020 @01:05PM
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I'm also referring to trusting amazon specifically. They're a competitor, and not one known for playing nice. I've heard that retailers are hesitant to even use AWS (I don't have a source for that and would love to hear otherwise if that's the case?) - because of competitive concerns- so will people want to work with amazon for something so core to their business?
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> I've heard that retailers are hesitant to even use AWS (I don't have a source for that and would love to hear otherwise if that's the case?) -
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wal-mart-to-vendors-get-off-ama...
Oh wow so that's worse than I had heard - not just avoid AWS but also force suppliers off of AWS.
Yeah, I wonder how retailers are going to feel about amazon having a direct pipeline of purchase data at all their competitors fed directly to a division of the company that I'm sure they'll claim is sealed off from the rest of operations. Even if amazon is playing totally fairly here, I don't see why it makes sense for people to trust them with so much at risk