> Like he said, if Amazon came out publicly and said that we don't want to partner with people that have an adverserial relationship with us, that be bad but at least more straightforward.
Why does it need to be said? Why would anyone want to partner with someone who has an adversarial relationship? Would you?
Because being direct with the truth is far more preferable than some bullshit weasley unrelated excuse for why they're terminating the relationship. This is the case in all situations, even when the truth "hurts".
Amazon is large. One would hope that the two internal organizational units would have sufficient separation so as to allow normal operations to continue between affiliate-linking and life-ruining. And, come to think of it, door-unlocking.
Why does it need to be said? Why would anyone want to partner with someone who has an adversarial relationship? Would you?