Amazon apparently plans to "show how much Trump’s tariffs are adding to the price of each product" in its massive online store. (NOTE: I have not been able to verify that Amazon actually made such an announcement; the linked page appears to be the only source reporting it, and attributes it only to "a person familiar with the plan".).

The White House characterized this as a "a hostile and political act by Amazon", which I suppose makes sense when your negotiation strategy is built on the creation of strategic uncertainty.

Maybe Trump forgot to sign the Elmer Fudd Executive Order telling all of us, including Amazon: "Shhh, be vewy, vewy quiet."

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postposted by matt in Tuesday, April 29, 2025

In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally and, therefore, avoid sending voice recordings to Amazon’s cloud….Starting on March 28, recordings of every command spoken to the Alexa living in Echo speakers and smart displays will automatically be sent to Amazon and processed in the cloud.

There’s one tech company I trust with my information. It’s not Amazon.

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posted by matt in Monday, March 17, 2025

Amazon's presence in Toledo has increased dramatically over the last year since its arrival. Delivery vans and semi trucks everywhere. I wonder how many other cities are experiencing the same thing. Or will.

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posted by matt in Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Amazon built two new facilities in the Toledo area in the last year. The fulfillment center in Rossford is already online but the smaller delivery station in Toledo - pictured here - seems a bit stuck. Construction wrapped up a couple months ago and it has sat empty since then. I drive past it twice each day and rarely see more than two or three vehicles in the lot. I imagine there's quite a bit involved in bringing one of these into the fold of the delivery network, but it sort of feels like it should be operational by now.

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photo posted by matt in Thursday, February 25, 2021