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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by mellavora on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @09:37AM (#28851897)
This might be a plus for the customer in the short term, but how is it a plus in the long term, when the innovation which creates the new products is snuffed?
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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by lostmsu on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @10:59AM (#28852996)
How exactly does this practice hurt innovation in products?
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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by mint2 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @11:10AM (#28853152)
Do you think Amazon is going to innovate on niche products? Why would they steal other peoples designs if that were the case. They put the original company in financial straits or out of business and then don’t do any meaningful iteration on the products
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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by missedthecue on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:57PM (#28855326)
Amazon isn't stealing IP and building their own factories. They are cutting out middle men and going straight to the producers themselves. Cutting out the middle man gives the inventors greater income and the consumers lower prices.
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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by lostmsu on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @12:57PM (#28854587)
Do you have any proof of stealing unique designs? I'd expect those to be protected by patents.
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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by short12 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @02:01PM (#28855378)
Not everything nifty is patentable. Not to mention patents dont pretext the little guy and anyone can wholesale clone anything without reprisal
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