Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
Amazon execs destroyed years of evidence before FTC action, agency says::Amazon allegedly destroyed communications, turned controversial programs on and off, and knowingly raised prices for consumers, according to unsealed documents.
Treat the destruction of evidence as proof of guilt and assume the worst case scenario. Ya know, the thing we do with criminals.
We don’t turn destruction of evidence as proof of guilt with criminals, it’s just a separate crime.
Legally we don’t, but generally, as people… I think most of us look at destruction of evidence as at least evidence of guilt.
It only works with people. Capitalism.
Yeah, I know that. I didn’t say what WILL happen, just what SHOULD
Since when is that proof of guilt? I can see it being it’s own specific crime, but it proves nothing.
Corporate death penalty should be on the table for stuff like this.
This would create a big strain on the job market. Good luck dealing with a flood of >50k employees looking for a job (vs a new employee fresh out of college)
What eating the Rich Did for Japan
Something would eventually take their place. The strain would be temporary.
They’ll fine Amazon a pittance, pocket it, declare victory, and there’s nothing we can do about it.
Nothing legal we can do anyway.
The executives need to be charged and Amazon should be put on a tight regulatory leash, if not broken up completely
Legislative to CEO: You get a $5 fine. Now stop doing that or I’ll increase it to $10! >:(
Get money out of politics and these problems go away (because they will be dealt with properly).
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Split Amazon into retail and web services and then further split them into multiple different companies. Amazon has gotten way too big and stifling competition along the way.
Do the same to Facebook too while we’re at it. Fucking hate speech central.
EnderMB@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They (technically) already are. I work for Amazon, but I don’t get paid by “Amazon”. I get paid for the subsidiary I work for.
Splitting is fine, but it’s easily dealt with by megacorps. If anything, if the idea is floated, it’s probably because they’re absolutely fine with it.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Amazon, meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple…
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Even though I’m not a fan of Apple, I am not sure how it could be split. Unlike other companies mentioned, Apple is firmly in consumer electronics business, except for Apple TV which is a recent addition.
Their software products also exist to work only on specific hardware.
Also, only today I figured out that they have their own office suite lol. Don’t know why I never thought about it before
Why9@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MAGMA
SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The moment you seperate AWS from the rest, the rest will shut down.
TheBat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m not just asking to separate AWS. I want AWS to further split into different companies.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why would you think that it isn’t profitable?
jwagner7813@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Gotta go further and deeper then that too. There are other, larger and more diverse companies that are hiding in plain site behind the more popular business like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, etc…