Amazon, Delta and JPMorgan are blocking AI agents — a classic App Store moment?
Yuchenj_UW · x · 2026-10-19
Yuchen Jin notes that Amazon, Delta, and JPMorgan Chase are blocking AI agents from their systems, drawing a parallel to Steve Jobs initially refusing third-party iPhone apps — before Apple launched the App Store and built a wildly successful ecosystem. His take: you can't stop a tech revolution; adapt or get disrupted.
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