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Report: Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide::Report reveals details about Amazon’s secret algorithm redacted in FTC complaint.
This is why Amazon tried to sue “isthereanydeal” for tracking previous prices
It was pretty frustrating to see Amazon not listed there and not understanding why. And all they could say was “Amazon won’t let us”.
But how does camelcamelcamel get away with it?
I don’t know enough about isthereanydeal, but camelcamelcamel uses Amazon API, so the extent of their fuckery is likely concealed.