It's also possible its not a conspiracy and you and the other poster just have different opinions.
replyThis sounds so American. Why not just do a home delivery?
replyThe idea of Amazon astroturfing an HN thread to get more retail customers.
replyI mean did you see the completely unironic thread where discussors were mentioning "$50 Tees" as the lowest acceptable end of quality?
replyThis doesn't seem at all unlikely to me. I think we sometimes forget the ease (in terms of scale and cost) of standing up a massive astroturfing campaign.
replyThat said, I don't think this particular comment has the flavor, tone, or message I'd expect, and it does seem to be a genuine HN poster.
And the kicker is that this could be an ai-agent doing the astroturfing. Now that even the common man can run local ai-agents that can post.
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