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Yeah, but he would have survived without Amazon for a week. Or forever. If not, then that's a monopoly that definitely needs to be taken down.

The fact that it was a misunderstanding isn't relevant in my opinion. Had it been a real insult, Amazon might be justified in refusing to deliver there, but that's still not a justification to turn of all their devices.

But most importantly: we should stop making ourselves so dependent on these giant corporations that care nothing about us, only about profit.



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