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[ekianjo]

is Jeff still involved in this kind of decisions?

[mft_ → ekianjo]

Indeed; to my eyes, Amazon has set course more directly towards enshittification since Bezos left day-to-day involvement.

I wonder if ‘customer obsession’ means less to his successor;or maybe the new boss’ success is judged differently (eg profit) than in Bezos’ time?

[ekianjo → mft_]

> Amazon has set course more directly towards enshittification

Maybe, but I have not noticed any significant change in the day to day quality of the service compared to when Jeff was around. Have you?

[ipaddr → ekianjo]

Ads in prime video is a recent example

[ekianjo → ipaddr]

Good point, I don't use any of the prime content so I would not know.