Re:Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon
by ashtonkem on Friday April 24, 2020 @06:32AM
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It’s sadly not uncommon for businesses to promise various services and then unilaterally change their minds. While I’m sure that there are some exceptions, most TOS have a ton of “we reserve the right to change our minds whenever for whatever reason, without warning”
Now that’s kind of different from the PR fallout. Amazon is risking a mass walkout of their customers over this; it just depends on whether or not customers see this as a reasonable response to a crazy circumstance, or a greedy move on Amazon’s part to maintain profitability over their commitments to customers.
Re:Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management of Amazon
by vageli on Friday April 24, 2020 @02:08PM
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> It’s sadly not uncommon for businesses to promise various services and then unilaterally change their minds. While I’m sure that there are some exceptions, most TOS have a ton of “we reserve the right to change our minds whenever for whatever reason, without warning”
I was under the impression that one party cannot unilaterally modify the terms of a contract without offering consideration to the other party, and the consideration can't be "we will continue to perform according to the terms of the contract".
So you're saying their deal is "pay us $120/year but we make no commitment to provide anything in exchange?"