Paul Graham: Amazon banning agents is a rare opening for an Amazon competitor
ordax · x · 2026-10-08
Paul Graham argues that Amazon banning agents is the first real opening since its founding for a startup to build an Amazon competitor: shopping via agents will be one of the main use cases, and users won't want to buy through an Amazon-supplied agent. Elon Musk amplified the take with "Seriously."
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