Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in secret deal report claims

Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by jtbayly on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:09PM (#38224564)

I didn't read the whole article, but it seemed focused on (missing) advertisements, not on counterfeits.

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Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by BugsJustFindMe on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:17PM (#38224661)

> I didn't read the whole article

That's rectifiable.

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Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by robwwilliams on Friday November 10, 2023 @05:17PM (#38225303)

Great response!

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Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by QuantumGood on Friday November 10, 2023 @08:54PM (#38226875)

itsrectifiable.com is available.

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Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by twothamendment on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:46PM (#38227459)

Was available...

For the right price, it is rectifiable.

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Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by CoastalCoder on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:28PM (#38227628)

I really, really hope it's bought by an analog electronics manufacturer.

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Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by neogodless on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:18PM (#38224670)

It's both.

> In a statement today, Apple explained:

> > Apple also told Insider that the 2018 agreement with Amazon “sought to address significant counterfeit and safety issues” on Amazon’s marketplace.

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Re:Amazon gives Apple 'massive preferential treatment' in se... by nemo on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:14PM (#38224627)

The advertisements were what was driving the counterfeiting. It was by giving Apple a page without third parties injecting ads into it that they handled the counterfeiting issue.

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