Why Amazon blocking shopping agents was right: 2-day shipping is the moat
MurrLincoln · x · 2026-10-22
Blogger MurrLincoln changed his mind and now thinks Amazon was right to block AI shopping agents. He uses agents to buy everything, but always completes the purchase manually on Amazon because 2-day shipping is such a moat that he'd use an official Amazon agent if offered. The post highlights the tension between autonomous shopping agents and platform interests.
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