Why Amazon was right to block shopping agents: 2-day shipping is still the moat
MurrLincoln · x · 2026-10-22
The author argues Amazon's decision to block external shopping agents is correct: agents would erode Amazon's ownership of the customer relationship and its ads business. He notes he uses agents to shop for everything but still completes purchases manually on Amazon — 2-day shipping remains a strong enough moat that he'd even use an Amazon-built agent.
Related event: Blogger recants: Amazon was right to block shopping agents(2 posts)→
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