Pluralistic: Agents vs ecommerce (28 Oct 2026)

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Agents vs ecommerce: Opacity is a feature, not a bug.
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Pluralistic: Surveillance pricing (05 Jun 2024)

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Surveillance pricing: They spy on you for many reasons, but also to rip you off.
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Pluralistic: Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly (01 Mar 2024)

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Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly: If you think the company's profits come from AWS, you've been suckered, too.
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