It's not only the nytimes but readers on hackernews and other general social networks. It's attracted a discussion from their users. This article makes the top 10% of most active posts in the past 24 hours. Readers see Amazon and assume something sinister is going on that they need to pay attention to, when it's probably not the case. I blame the readers as much as the publishers. After all, journalism today is all about chasing the readers and clicks.
